Sucking pads on the feet of the gecko enable it to cling firmly to the most slippery surface, and to crawl about without slipping; its claws, which are sharp and retractile, are also useful to this reptile.
In what places does the author compare Gecko to a dog?
The cut he had received from Gecko had not apparently (as far as the verdict of a coroner's inquest could be trusted) had any effect in aggravating his malady or hastening his death.
Gecko sat and smoked and pondered for a while, and looked from one to the other.
Gecko had been disarmed, but as Svengali recovered from his faint and was taken home, the police had not been sent for, and the affair was hushed up, and a public scandal avoided.
Gecko used to dine and breakfast with us--you've no idea what an angel he is, poor little Gecko!
But little Gecko often came with his violin and made lovely music, and that seemed to do Little Billee more good than anything else.
Then Gecko looks round the theatre, and Taffy waves his handkerchief and catches the eye of the premier violon, who "makes 'yes' with the head.
But Gecko was sent for trial at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to hard labor for six months (a sentence which, if I remember aright, gave rise to much comment at the time).
And after supper Svengali and Gecko made such lovely music that everybody was sobered and athirst again, and the punch-bowl, wreathed with holly and mistletoe, was placed in the middle of the table, and clean glasses set all round it.
He also was a frequent visitor at the studio in the Place St. Anatole, where much was forgiven him for the sake of his music, especially when he came with Gecko and they made music together.
At half-past elevenGecko made his appearance--very meek and humble.
I suppose he and Gecko had been playing somewhere, for Gecko had his fiddle.
And here poor Gecko tried to laugh a little sardonic laugh in falsetto, like Svengali's, full of scorn and bitterness--and very nearly succeeded.
Despite the revelation, he felt rather lithe in his fog until the gecko metamorphosed into a man pointing at his genitalia.
The gecko watched Nawin who was poised like a reclining Buddha and staring at the ceiling that hindered the welkins.
The gecko did not favorably view Nawin unzipping his skin and lying down in his tenebrous tomb in such a manner.
The gecko was many of one, omniscient and omnipresent, looking into his eyes knowingly.
This geckowas similar to Xinuae, whom long ago he had bestowed the nickname of "Chinese Karen" so as to commemorate the day in which he had learned that he was American by birth.
Then on the upper portion of the cross, the gecko became limp and stagnant, hanging on two of its arms like a dangling Christ.
Not yours, buddy; not yours," said a geckothat was crawling around his tomb within the train.
Although the skinless nude lying there was a bit like a boy praying after slipping out of his clothes, forgetful of getting into his pajamas, the gecko was not able to make this connection.
Defn: A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.
Defn: Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.
A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion.
Hihagbaan ug tikì ang lamísa, A gecko fell with a thud on the table.
If the gecko sounds an odd number of times the answer is affirmative.
Mipilit ang tikì sa ákung tangkúgù, The gecko stuck to the nape of my neck.
Mitakbuy ang tikì sa bukubuku sa manananggut, The gecko clung tightly to the toddy gatherer’s back.
Leonie and Theo had watched the fight between the cat and gecko through the slats of the shutter and now saw the boys quietly eating the unripe mangoes on the grass.
True, the gecko was gibing like a mocking imp, with a sort of dry humour; and the watchman, with his "Who goes there?
The gecko fell silent, the watchman dropped asleep; the velvety night reigned like an enchantress crowned with the sickle of the moon.
In the illustration the reader will observe the flat, fan-like expansions at the ends of the toes, by which the Geckois able to adhere to flat surfaces, and to dart with silent rapidity from place to place.
The Gecko takes its name from the sound which it utters, resembling the word "geck-o.
The gecko was where geckos go in the space of three weeks, and the fly also had vanished, either within or without the gecko.
The fly was frightened away, the gecko slipped lower, seemingly without effort, and in a hollowed side of the cavernous root I saw a mist, a quivering, so tenuous and indistinct that at first it might have been the dancing of motes.
However, this was not my discovery, and I saw dimly a weird little head looking up at me--a gecko lizard, which called this crevice home and the crabs neighbors.
I have therefore introduced into the same illustration on page 535 the commonest species of Gecko found in Palestine.
The first three Geckos mentioned live largely in trees, but the Banded Gecko lives on or near the ground.
It is thought that the gecko is the animal contemplated in this description, it being acknowledged by all naturalists to contain a mortal poison.
The gecko is almost entirely covered with large warts, more or less rising; the under part of the thigh is furnished with a row of tubercles raised and grooved.
Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.
The foot of the Gecko has five toes (as shown in Fig.
The gecko (Gecko verticillatus), a reptile allied to the lizard.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gecko" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: chameleon; dragon; reptile
