gecko

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gecko - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gecko \Geck"o\ (g[e^]k"[-o]), n.; pl. Geckoes (g[e^]k"[=o]z).
     [Cf. F. & G. gecko; -- so called from the sound which the
     animal utters.] (Zool.)
     Any lizard of the family Geckonid[ae]. 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.
     [1913 Webster]

gecko - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gecko
      n 1: any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal
           insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable
           eyelids; completely harmless