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Meaning of GECKO

Pronunciation:  'gekow

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
 

GECKO is a 5 letter word that starts with G.

 

 See Also: banded gecko, flying gecko, fringed gecko, lizard, Ptychozoon homalocephalum

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Geck"o\ (g[e^]k"[-o]), n.; pl. {Geckoes} (-[=o]z). [Cf.
F. & G. gecko; -- so called from the sound which the animal
utters.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.

 
Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Seeing a gecko in your dream, represents an agreement or affirmation. The answer to a decision that you need to make is "yes".
 

 

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