How to Use gecko in a Sentence
gecko
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But this year will be warmer, thanks to their new pet gecko.
—Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2022
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There is still a lot of work to make the gecko technique foolproof.
—Jeanne Scott-Monck, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2017
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In the world of reptiles, the dwarf gecko is both the smallest lizard and the smallest reptile.
—Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
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The fish-scale gecko has a freaky way of eluding danger.
—Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2017
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Be sure to keep your eyes open for the flying octopus and gecko.
—Jen Banowetz, Naperville Sun, 24 May 2018
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Ever heard of a Barbary macaque or turquoise dwarf gecko?
—National Geographic, 23 Sep. 2016
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In this video, a tokay gecko and a golden tree snake are tangled up over a grate in Thailand.
—Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 19 Dec. 2017
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So far, Luc’s bent-toed gecko has only been found at one site in Lao Cai Province, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
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In 2008, for example, his team developed a sticky tape based on the feet of a gecko.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2012
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Pull a foot in one direction and the gecko toes will grab onto a surface.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 May 2020
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Those species include the Indian star tortoise and the tokay gecko.
—National Geographic, 30 Aug. 2019
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Here a gecko, there a tropical hut, here a calla lily, there an angel.
—Susan Christian Goulding, Orange County Register, 13 Jan. 2017
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As the snake struck, injecting its venom, the gecko turned and clamped onto the snake’s upper jaw.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
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The gecko was directly above him, dull and textured like a pebble.
—The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
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The prevalence of the third species, a pygmy gecko that looks like a yellow rubber fishing lure, does not appear to have changed much.
—Geoffrey Giller, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2018
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Geico's gecko debuted a few months before the start of the Aflac (AFL) ad campaign.
—Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 4 Feb. 2020
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The family has four dogs, two cats, a gecko, a bird, a tortoise and several fish.
—Sarah E. Needleman and Salvador Rodriguez, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
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Somewhere in the highlands of Afghanistan, a hungry fox pounces on a tasty-looking leopard gecko.
—Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2017
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Flo from Progressive and the Geico gecko will be forced to get jobs as extras in Disney movies.
—Kevin Maney, Newsweek, 18 June 2017
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Now, scientists have announced the discovery of three new geckos to add to the list—and one of them lives on a volcano.
—Jason G. Goldman, National Geographic, 27 Nov. 2019
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Bobby the leopard gecko can store water and food in his tail, while Chilly the chinchilla has up to 80 hairs in each hair follicle.
—Sara Cardine, latimes.com, 17 May 2018
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There’s also a sweet-natured leopard gecko that spends most of her day snoozing under a rock.
—Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
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The digital models—such as the one below of the tokay gecko—give the public the chance to examine animals up close.
—National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
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Blanco Mendizabal watched for the right moment and snapped this photo when a gecko looked about to be consumed by the cat.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Jan. 2023
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A gecko’s foot is covered in microscopic hairs that lay flat when pressed against a surface.
—Lindzi Wessel, Science | AAAS, 28 June 2017
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So the tail is indeed essential to stabilize the gecko's high-speed crash landing.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2021
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These are the teams that dream up big-picture concepts, like the Geico gecko or the Energizer bunny.
—Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
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The leafy gecko opens its mouth, sticking out a blood-red tongue and unleashing a chilling scream that will frighten off the boldest of predators.
—Holly Barker, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2022
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Plus creativity is elusive, so even if your brand looks a lot like Geico, the gecko idea is a kind of lightning that won’t strike twice.
—Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
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So engineers are building new kinds of grippers inspired by the bottoms of gecko feet.
—Lindzi Wessel, Science | AAAS, 28 June 2017
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