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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 distancesplay

  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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