Plural of gecko

Forms of gecko

Geckos and geckoes in a sentence

• Leishmania infantum in Experimental Animals.—Experiments were carried out with geckoes, white mice, field mice (Microtus güntheri) and hamsters (Cricetus auratus and Cricetulus griseus).1931, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, volume 108, London: Royal Society of London, →OCLC, page 456
• The marvelous ability of geckos to run down trees, surefooted and head first, was first noted by Aristotle over two thousand years ago.2009 January, Ginel Corina Hill, “Introduction”, in Dual-axis MEMS Force Sensors for Gecko Adhesion Studies (unpublished Ph.D....
• Eublepharid geckos lack adhesive toepads and, unlike other geckos, have movable eyelids.From the entry toepad
• There, they used home-made traps to catch the geckos, which they planned to sell.2014 December 22, Zhuang Pinghui, “Chinese men fined for catching almost 1,700 protected wild geckos in one night”, in South China Morning…. From the entry Zhangqiao
• In rested geckos, there was a negative, but non-significant association between the number of pentastomes (i.e., infection intensity) and CO 2 production.2015 December 15, “Physiological Status Drives Metabolic Rate in Mediterranean Geckos Infected with Pentastomes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry pentastomes

Meaning of gecko

1. noun Any lizard in the infraorder Gekkota.
2. noun Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae of small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces.
3. verb To move in the manner of a gecko; to attach to a vertical or upside-down surface.

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Questions about the plural of gecko

What is the plural of gecko?

The plural of gecko is geckos or geckoes.

Which is correct, geckos or geckoes?

Both are used. geckos is the more common of the two in English writing.

Is gecko countable?

Gecko is a countable noun.