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"text": "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.",
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"text": "The marvelous ability of geckos to run down trees, surefooted and head first, was first noted by Aristotle 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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"ref": "2014, Wil Mara, From Gecko Feet to Adhesive Tape (Innovations from Nature), Ann Arbor, Mich.: Cherry Lake Publishing, →ISBN, pages 21–22:",
"text": "The potential uses for gecko-inspired adhesive products are nearly endless. People have found possible uses for them from sports and robotics, to medicine and home improvement.",
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"ref": "2016, Martyn Robinson, Australian Wildlife after Dark, Clayton, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN:",
"text": "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.",
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"english": "Cyrtopodion spp. and Cyrtodactylus spp.",
"word": "bent-toed gecko"
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{
"taxonomic": "Chondrodactylus bibronii",
"word": "Bibron's gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hemidactylus frenatus",
"word": "common house gecko"
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{
"taxonomic": "Correlophus ciliatus",
"word": "crested gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Tarentola mauritanica",
"word": "crocodile gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Phelsuma spp.",
"word": "day gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Sphaerodactylus spp.",
"word": "dwarf gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Correlophus ciliatus",
"word": "eyelash gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Ptychozoon spp.",
"word": "flying gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Luperosaurus spp.",
"word": "fringed gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Rhacodactylus auriculatus",
"word": "gargoyle gecko"
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{
"taxonomic": "Phelsuma laticauda",
"word": "gold dust day gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hemidactylus spp.",
"word": "house gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hemidactylus garnotii",
"word": "Indo-Pacific gecko"
},
{
"alt": "Saltaurius eximus",
"word": "leaf-tailed gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Eublepharis macularius",
"word": "leopard gecko"
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{
"taxonomic": "Hemidactylus turcicus",
"word": "Mediterranean house gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Tarentola mauritanica",
"word": "Moorish gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Lepidodactylus lugubris",
"word": "mourning gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Rhacodactylus leachianus",
"word": "New Caledonian giant gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Ptychozoon spp.",
"word": "parachute gecko"
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{
"taxonomic": "Cyrtodactylus laangensis",
"word": "Phnom Laang bent-toed gecko"
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{
"taxonomic": "Gehyra mutilata",
"word": "stump-toed gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cyrtodactylus tanahjampea",
"word": "Tanahjampea bent-toed gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Microgecko tanishpaensis",
"word": "Tanishpa's dwarf gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Gekko gecko",
"word": "tokay gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hemidactylus mabouia",
"word": "tropical house gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Elasmodactylus tuberculosus",
"word": "warty thick-toed gecko"
},
{
"alt": "Palmatogecko rangei",
"word": "web-footed gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Coleonyx variegatus",
"word": "western banded gecko"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Tenuidactylus elongatus",
"word": "Yangihissar gecko"
}
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"pos": "noun",
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"ref": "1839, William Rhind, “Reptiles”, in Elements of Zoology; Embracing a View of Life as Manifested in the Various Gradations of Organized Beings, Edinburgh: Fraser & Crawford; John Anderson, Junior; and Maclachlan & Stewart; Smith, Elder, & Co. and H. Washbourne, London; W. Curry, Junior, & Co. Dublin, →OCLC, pages 85–86:",
"text": "Order II. Sauria. […] 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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"ref": "1931, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, volume 108, London: Royal Society of London, →OCLC, page 456:",
"text": "Leishmania infantum in Experimental Animals.—Experiments were carried out with geckoes, white mice, field mice (Microtus güntheri) and hamsters (Cricetus auratus and Cricetulus griseus).",
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"ref": "1962, Maurice Burton, “Geckoes”, in The Illustrated London News, volume CCXL, number II, London: Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd., →OCLC, page 548:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "1971, Victorian Year Book, Melbourne, Vic.: Government Printer, →OCLC, page 23:",
"text": "Family Gekkonidae (gekkos). In gekkos the skull is short and flat; the upper temporal bone arch is missing; the post-orbital and lacrimal bones are absent; and the jugal bone is very reduced.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1975 September 27, Colin Tudge, “How Gekko gecko defies gravity: A careful anatomical study of geckoes, those extremely agile climbing lizards, reveals an extraordinary degree of adaptation of the foot bones and muscles”, in New Scientist, volume 67, number 968, London: New Science Publications, →OCLC, page 696:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "1988, Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Aligarh, volume 20, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India: Government of Uttar Pradesh, →OCLC, page 15:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2009 January, Ginel Corina Hill, “Introduction”, in Dual-axis MEMS Force Sensors for Gecko Adhesion Studies (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation), Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University, →OCLC, page 1:",
"text": "The marvelous ability of geckos to run down trees, surefooted and head first, was first noted by Aristotle 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.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2014, Wil Mara, From Gecko Feet to Adhesive Tape (Innovations from Nature), Ann Arbor, Mich.: Cherry Lake Publishing, →ISBN, pages 21–22:",
"text": "The potential uses for gecko-inspired adhesive products are nearly endless. People have found possible uses for them from sports and robotics, to medicine and home improvement.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2016, Martyn Robinson, Australian Wildlife after Dark, Clayton, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN:",
"text": "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.",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "koggelmannetjie"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wazaḡa",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَزَغَة"
},
{
"code": "acw",
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"roman": "wazaḡa",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "وزغة"
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{
"code": "ary",
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"roman": "bu briṣ",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "بو بريص"
},
{
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "kʻaratʻotʻoš",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "քարաթոթոշ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "kẽkü",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "কেঁকো"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "kẽküxap",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "কেঁকোসাপ"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "geko"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "dragoitxo"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "tokkhok",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "তক্ষক"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gekon",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гекон"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "tauktai.",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "တောက်တဲ့"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dragó"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jim⁴ se⁴",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "簷蛇 /檐蛇"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "yàm-sà",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "簷蛇 /檐蛇"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "siān-thâng",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "蟮蟲 /蟮虫"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bìhǔ",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "壁虎"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǎntíng",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "蝘蜓"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǒugōng",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "守宮 /守宫"
},
{
"code": "cop",
"lang": "Coptic",
"roman": "telmonia",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "ⲧⲉⲗⲙⲟⲛⲓⲁ"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "geko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "gekko"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gecko"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ladra"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gecko"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "samiamídi",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σαμιαμίδι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "askálabos",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ἀσκάλαβος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "smamít",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "שממית"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "gekkó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "gekkó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "skrækeðla"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "tokek"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "toke"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geco"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yamori",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "ヤモリ"
},
{
"alt": "しゅきゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shukyū",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "守宮"
},
{
"alt": "やもり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yamori",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "家守"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "tekèk"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jarmasqy",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "жармасқы"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tək kae",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "តឹកកែ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "domabaembuchi",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "도마뱀붙이"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ka lō nga",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "ກະໂຫລ່ງ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kap kǣ",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "ກັບແກ້"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kap kō",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "ກັບໂກ້"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khī ko",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "ຂີ້ໂກະ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "chī ko",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "ຈີ່ໂກະ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sa ra phū",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "ສະຣະພູ"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "tokek"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "yekserhen",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "ᠶᡝᡴᠰᡝᡵᡥᡝᠨ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "moko"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "pāl",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "पाल"
},
{
"code": "mkj",
"lang": "Mokilese",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "soasok"
},
{
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "bãngenlɛgsre"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gekko"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gekko"
},
{
"code": "nup",
"lang": "Nupe",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "latswánlatswángi"
},
{
"code": "nup",
"lang": "Nupe",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "tswánlagi"
},
{
"code": "nup",
"lang": "Nupe",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "màlélégi"
},
{
"code": "nys",
"lang": "Nyunga",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "bidjool"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gekon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "osga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lagartixa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gekkón",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гекко́н"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scurpiuni"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "passijaturi"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tignusu"
},
{
"code": "scn",
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"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
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"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "mjusi kafiri"
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"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "tuko"
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"roman": "pāratikku",
"sense": "lizard of the family Gekkonidae",
"word": "பாரதிக்கு"
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"code": "shi",
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"word": "ⵉⵇⵍⵉ"
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"roman": "dtúk-gɛɛ",
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"word": "ตุ๊กแก"
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"code": "vi",
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"ref": "2006 October, Peter Watts, Blindsight, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 344:",
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