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gecko

DEFINITIONS OF: gecko

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n any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless

Types:
Ptychozoon homalocephalum, flying gecko, fringed gecko
a gecko that has membranous expansions along the sides of its body and limbs and tail that enable it to glide short distances
banded gecko
any of several geckos with dark bands across the body and differing from typical geckos in having movable eyelids; of United States southwest and Florida Gulf Coast
Type of:
lizard
relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
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