geckos
geckos — noun
- geckossingular
- geckosesplural
1. a small lizard that lives in warm parts of the world and has wide feet with stic
a small lizard that lives in warm parts of the world and has wide feet with sticky pads on the toes, allowing it to climb up walls and across ceilings without falling off.
Haruto watched a small brown gecko crawl across his bedroom wall in Chiang Mai.
gecko crawl across [surface] — typical movement pattern
The gecko's sticky feet let it walk easily up the smooth kitchen window.
sticky feet — key anatomical feature (sticky toe pads)
During hot summer nights, geckos come out to hunt insects near the porch light.
Quan found a bright green gecko resting on a leaf in his grandmother's garden.
- lizard
a broader category; geckos are a specific type of lizard with sticky toe pads
文法句型
a/the gecko
geckos (plural)
用法筆記
Geckos are completely harmless to people and are often welcomed into homes in tropical regions because they eat mosquitoes, flies, and other pests. The singular form is gecko.