flying gecko


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flying gecko

n.
Any of various small lizards of the genus Ptychozoon of Southeast Asia, having extensions of skin along each side of the body that are used for gliding short distances.
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Noun1.flying gecko - a gecko that has membranous expansions along the sides of its body and limbs and tail that enable it to glide short distancesflying gecko - a gecko that has membranous expansions along the sides of its body and limbs and tail that enable it to glide short distances
fringed gecko, Ptychozoon homalocephalum
gecko - any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless
genus Ptychozoon, Ptychozoon - flying geckos
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