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geckotian

geckotian noun: a gecko.

Noun

geckotian (plural geckotians)

  1. (obsolete) A gecko.
    • The Geckotians, is composed of nocturnal lizards, so much resembling each other that they might be left in one genus.1831, Georges Cuvier, The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, page 140
    • It proved to be nothing more that a lizard of the geckotian family, hideously ugly, but, in common with all of his kind, perfectly harmless.1871, Arthur Morelet, Travels in Central America: Including Accounts of Some Regions Unexplored Since the Conquest, page 278

Forms of geckotian

pluralgeckotians

Questions about geckotian

What does geckotian mean?
Geckotian means a gecko.
What part of speech is geckotian?
Geckotian is a noun.
What is the plural of geckotian?
The plural of geckotian is geckotians.

Words near geckotian in the dictionary

  1. geckolet
  2. geckolets
  3. geckoniid
  4. geckoniids
  5. geckos
  6. geckotian
  7. geckotians
  8. gecks
  9. Gecy
  10. Gecys
  11. ged

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