gecko
noun
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plural geckos
also geckoes
Definition of gecko
: any of numerous small chiefly tropical and nocturnal insectivorous lizards (family Gekkonidae)
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Examples of gecko in a Sentence
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The Eleanor Buck Wolf Nature Center brought a corn snake and a leopard gecko, a turtle, and a rabbit to the event. — Joan Hunt, courant.com, "Wethersfield Celebrates National Night Out," 14 Aug. 2019 There’s also a sweet-natured leopard gecko that spends most of her day snoozing under a rock. — Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post, "Maggots: A taste of food’s future," 3 July 2019 Now grippers that emulate a gecko’s sticky feet, or use soft polymers that expand to apply just the right amount of pressure, allow robots to take on new, more-nuanced tasks. — Thomas Black, latimes.com, "New, more agile robots speed the takeover of jobs once done only by humans," 13 July 2019 The bottoms of gecko toes, for example, are covered with super-flexible, microscopic hairs that grow at oblique, or non-perpendicular, angles. — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, "20 Things You Didn't Know About ... Feet," 8 May 2019 Paragraphs in smaller, darker type pass on factual information about, among other things, various delightful gross-out gecko habits. — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, "Children’s Books: There Was Never Anything Quite Like 1919," 11 Jan. 2019 Their new paddle consisted of synthetic gecko skin layered inside suction cups. — Dan Dubno, Popular Mechanics, "Anyone Can Be Spider-Man With DARPA's Wall-Climbing Invention," 7 Dec. 2016 The FlyCroTug has three: winches, gecko grippers, and microspines. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Inspired by Wasps, This Micro-Drone Lifts 40 Times its Weight," 25 Oct. 2018 The key to the design is the use of interchangeable adhesives on the drone’s base: microspines for digging into rough materials like stucco, carpet, or rubble, and ridged silicone (inspired by the morphology of gecko feet) for grabbing onto glass. — James Vincent, The Verge, "Micro-drones with winches can open doors and lift 40 times their own weight," 24 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gecko.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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gecko
noun
English Language Learners Definition of gecko
: a small tropical lizard
See the full definition for gecko in the English Language Learners Dictionary
gecko
noun
\ ˈge-ˌkō
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plural geckos
or geckoes
Kids Definition of gecko
: a small tropical lizard that eats insects and is usually active at night