gecko

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If Linux users will prefer other browsers instead of Firefox (lets say Epiphany-gecko, as it is Gecko-based, but as Chrome will compile well under Linux, they might migrate to it), Mozilla will lose the major source of users promoting Firefox as a open-source browser.

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  1. noun Any of various usually small tropical and subtropical lizards of the family Gekkonidae, having toes padded with setae containing numerous suction cups that enable them to climb on vertical surfaces.

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  • The small device attaches to your skin like a gecko, and with microneedle arrays that are “too small to interfere with the pain receptors underneath the skin” delivers insulin with simplicity.
  • I don't care whether you're a dragon or a gecko, she's mine . —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 2] - Changeling
  • Add to that the fact that Officer Monroe's failure to communicate with the gecko was the only thing keeping Father from being charged with violations of the Accords on Indigenous Sentients. —  AnalogSFF,July-August2008
  • A brilliant green tree frog with huge black eyes, jumping spiders and a striped gecko are among more than 50 new animal species scientists have discovered in a remote, mountainous region of Papua New Guinea. —  Tri-City Herald: Front
  • SYDNEY A brilliant green tree frog with huge black eyes, jumping spiders and a striped gecko are among more than 50 new animal species scientists have discovered in a remote, mountainous region of Papua New Guinea. —  Tri-City Herald: Front
 

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/ˈgɛkoʊ/
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