gecko (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *gecko*:
NOUN	animal	gecko	any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial / terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids

gecko > pronunciation
Sounds	geh'kow
Rhymes	Acapulco ... zydeco: 56 rhymes with kow...

English > *gecko*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial / terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless.
Narrower	banded gecko	Any of several geckos with dark bands across the body and differing from typical geckos in having movable eyelids
Narrower	flying gecko, fringed gecko, Ptychozoon homalocephalum	A gecko that has membranous expansions along the sides of its body and limbs and tail that enable it to glide short distances
Broader	lizard	relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
Spanish	geco, salamanquesa
Catalan	dragó, geco

HyperDic: gecko