Scimiter pods (Bot.), the immense curved woody pods of a leguminous
woody climbing plant (Entada scandens) growing in tropical India and
America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter,
which are made into boxes.
Scin"coid (?), a. [L. scincus a kind of lizard (fr. Gr. &?;) + -oid.
Cf. Skink.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the family Scincidæ, or skinks.
-- n. A scincoidian.
||Scin*coi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of lizards including
||the skinks. See Skink.
Scin*coid"i*an (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of lizards
of the family Scincidæ or tribe Scincoidea. The tongue is not
extensile. The body and tail are covered with overlapping scales, and
the toes are margined. See Illust. under Skink.
Scin"iph (?), n. [L. scinifes, cinifes, or ciniphes, pl., Gr. &?;.]
Some kind of stinging or biting insect, as a flea, a gnat, a sandfly,
or the like. Ex. viii. 17 (Douay version).
Scink (?), n. (Zoöl.) A skink.