gecko

gekko Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae. They are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside down|upside-down surfaces.
(quote-book) The heart has two auricles. The body is covered with scales, and there are three or four feet. The lungs are large, and extend along the back. The mouth is armed with teeth, and the toes with claws. The tail is long, and often thick at the base. (..) Geckotida—geco
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(quote-journal)|location=London|publisher=Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd.|year=1962|volume=CCXL|issue=II|page=548|oclc=424200096|passage=GECKOES constitute a family of lizards remarkable for the large number of species it contains. They are also remarkable for a number of other features: for the readiness with which they have taken to living in houses, for their voices, the structure of their feet, the variation in the shape of the tail and for their eyes. (..) As with the more familiar lizards, geckoes have the ability to cast the tail, and counts show that in some species two out of every five individuals have cast the tail and regenerated a new one.
(quote-journal)|location=London|publisher=New Science Publications|date=27 September 1975|volume=67|issue=968|page=696|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=nEdj_rbNir8C&pg=PA696|oclc=761620626|passage=Many lizards, including the British common and sand lizards of the family Lacertidae, clamber over rocks with great agility; none matches the geckoes, some of which can run up, down, or across vertical glass as easily as most beasts run on the flat, and indeed can happily traverse ceilings.
(quote-journal)|year=1988|volume=20|page=15|oclc=7625267|passage=Other reptiles found in the district are the chamaeleon, geco and monitor lizard, the last getting extinct due to netting and shooting. It is now protected by law.
(quote-book)|month=January|year=2009|page=1|oclc=930874491|passage=The marvelous ability of geckos to run down trees, surefooted and head first, was first noted by (w) over two thousand years ago. However, Aristotle was not able to see the tiny hairs, called setae, that cover the toes of geckos and empower this feat. The setae are part of an adhesive system that allows geckos to maneuver on a wide variety of substrates, to run upside-down, and to arrest their falls. Geckos can run vertically at over 1 m/s and can carry over twice their body weight up smooth, vertical surfaces.
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(quote-book)|year=2016|isbn=978-1-4863-0072-3|passage=By day, Golden-tailed Geckoes rest under curls of bark, the underside of branches, or in tree hollows but they seem to be fond of heat so these geckoes may even be in a situation where the sun shines on their daytime retreat all day. The Golden-tailed Gecko is an invertebrate-eater and by night its adhesive toe pads allow it to prowl the branches of Brigalow trees with ease, looking for small insects and spiders to capture.
puhekieltä To move in the manner of a gecko; to attach to a vertical or upside-down surface.
(quote-book), w:Tom Doherty|Tom Doherty Associates|month=October|year=2006|page=344|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVMzz-xINLsC&pg=PA344|isbn=978-0-7653-1964-7|passage=An emergency handpad, geckoed to the expanding bulkhead, slid past to one side. Sarasti grabbed it and tapped commands.
(quote-book)|year=2009|page=33|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=IMTs_s-DFfIC&pg=PA33|isbn=978-0-375-84377-8|passage=And as Dave geckoed his way along the walls, he began seeing more and more skid marks left behind by Damien's Sewer Cruiser.
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