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Gecko  n.  (pl. geckoes)  (Zool.) Any lizard of the family Geckonidae. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wall gecko, Fanfoot.






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"Gecko" Quotes from Famous Books



... of gecko, a small, brilliantly coloured lizard, has the back of its tail armed with plates. These it has a habit of rubbing together, and by this means it produces a shrill, chirruping sound, which actually attracts crickets and grasshoppers ...
— The Log of the Sun - A Chronicle of Nature's Year • William Beebe



Words linked to "Gecko" :   fringed gecko, banded gecko, lizard, Ptychozoon homalocephalum



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