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PTYCHOZOON HOMALOCEPHALUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ptychozoon homalocephalum mean?
• PTYCHOZOON HOMALOCEPHALUM (noun)
The noun PTYCHOZOON HOMALOCEPHALUM 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 distances
Familiarity information: PTYCHOZOON HOMALOCEPHALUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PTYCHOZOON HOMALOCEPHALUM (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 ("Ptychozoon homalocephalum" is a kind of...):
gecko (any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless)
Holonyms ("Ptychozoon homalocephalum" is a member of...):
genus Ptychozoon; Ptychozoon (flying geckos)
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