geckoes
- plural of gecko.
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In particular, the front surfaces of the vertebrae of known snakes and lizards except geckoes are concave, and the rear surfaces are convex; that doesn’t appear to be the case in Tetrapodophis, he says.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 23, 2015
After two hours of searching the cactus, aloe, and prickly acacia—sometimes crawling to get a better look at tree trunks and leaf litter—I counted exactly six whiptail lizards, three toads, two geckoes, and one santanero.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2011
The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H by Project Gutenberg
They never willingly descend from trees, but prey there upon nocturnal Saurians, geckoes, small birds and their young; and they are perfectly harmless, although they often try to bite.
From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
The other is said to form a peculiar genus of geckoes, but both its locality and affinities appear to be somewhat doubtful.
From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel
