Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A gecko, especially Platydactylus muralis of southern Europe.

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  • The translators of the New English Bible are, no doubt, more accurate, but, again no doubt, more boring when they render the Hebrew with pedantry about the jerboa, the sand-gecko, and the wall-gecko.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 3 1980

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