gecko
noun/ˈɡekəʊ/
/ˈɡekəʊ/
(plural geckos, geckoes)
- a small lizard (= a type of reptile) that lives in warm countriesTopics Animalsc2Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Malay dialect geko, gekok, imitative of its cry.
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