Gecko

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gecko
       n : any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal
           insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with
           immovable eyelids; completely harmless
       [also: {geckoes} (pl)]