Scincoidea
E1501497
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Scincoidea is a superfamily of lizards that primarily includes skinks and their close relatives, characterized by smooth, shiny scales and often limb-reduced, burrowing forms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Scincoidea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21782158 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scincoidea Context triple: [Scincomorpha, includesTaxon, Scincoidea]
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A.
Gecarcoidea
Gecarcoidea is a genus of terrestrial crabs best known for including the Christmas Island red crab, famous for its spectacular mass migrations.
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B.
Gracillarioidea
Gracillarioidea is a superfamily of small moths best known for their leaf-mining larvae that feed within plant tissues.
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C.
Scutigeromorpha
Scutigeromorpha is an order of long-legged, fast-moving centipedes commonly known as house centipedes, characterized by their segmented bodies and many delicate legs.
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D.
Symphyta
Symphyta is a suborder of sawflies and related insects characterized by their broad waist and plant-feeding larvae that often resemble caterpillars.
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E.
Siricoidea
Siricoidea is a superfamily of wood-boring sawflies within the suborder Symphyta, known for their long ovipositors used to lay eggs in trees.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scincoidea Target entity description: Scincoidea is a superfamily of lizards that primarily includes skinks and their close relatives, characterized by smooth, shiny scales and often limb-reduced, burrowing forms.
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A.
Gecarcoidea
Gecarcoidea is a genus of terrestrial crabs best known for including the Christmas Island red crab, famous for its spectacular mass migrations.
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B.
Gracillarioidea
Gracillarioidea is a superfamily of small moths best known for their leaf-mining larvae that feed within plant tissues.
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C.
Scutigeromorpha
Scutigeromorpha is an order of long-legged, fast-moving centipedes commonly known as house centipedes, characterized by their segmented bodies and many delicate legs.
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D.
Symphyta
Symphyta is a suborder of sawflies and related insects characterized by their broad waist and plant-feeding larvae that often resemble caterpillars.
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E.
Siricoidea
Siricoidea is a superfamily of wood-boring sawflies within the suborder Symphyta, known for their long ovipositors used to lay eggs in trees.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.