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FLYING GECKO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flying gecko mean? 

FLYING GECKO (noun)
  The noun FLYING GECKO has 1 sense:

1. a gecko that has membranous expansions along the sides of its body and limbs and tail that enable it to glide short distancesplay

  Familiarity information: FLYING GECKO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLYING GECKO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A gecko that has membranous expansions along the sides of its body and limbs and tail that enable it to glide short distances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

flying gecko; fringed gecko; Ptychozoon homalocephalum

Hypernyms ("flying gecko" is a kind of...):

gecko (any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless)

Holonyms ("flying gecko" is a member of...):

genus Ptychozoon; Ptychozoon (flying geckos)


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