How to Use gecko in a Sentence

gecko

noun
  • One gecko was found on a tree plantation.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The new species of gecko measures just over 7 inches long.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The gecko ran up the wall, in places leaving small traces of blood and fluid.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • When threatened, this gecko can open that mouth and emit a blood-curdling scream.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The gecko’s name reflects that uniqueness.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Be sure to keep your eyes open for the flying octopus and gecko.
    — Jen Banowetz, Naperville Sun, 24 May 2018
  • The discovery is one of five new gecko species in the region.
    — Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Each of a gecko's toe pads is made up of rows of tiny hair-like structures known as setae.
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
  • The gecko is nocturnal and lives in and around limestone caves.
    — Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Here a gecko, there a tropical hut, here a calla lily, there an angel.
    — Susan Christian Goulding, Orange County Register, 13 Jan. 2017
  • So far, only one Hang Va bent-toed gecko has been found, the study said.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024
  • When a gecko slaps its foot on a wall, many of the branches push tightly against the surface.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Pull a foot in one direction and the gecko toes will grab onto a surface.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 May 2020
  • The gecko was directly above him, dull and textured like a pebble.
    — The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Overall, the gecko has a pinkish cream hue with rusty orange and brown markings.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
  • In the world of reptiles, the dwarf gecko is both the smallest lizard and the smallest reptile.
    — Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Her little foot bears thousands of minute muscular setae that grip and clasp like the toes of a mighty gecko.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Those species include the Indian star tortoise and the tokay gecko.
    — National Geographic, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The brown, blotchy gecko blends in with the surrounding rock and looks relatively smooth.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The male Burrowing Own feeds a gecko to the female as their chicks play around them.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • It was named Cyrtodactylus arnei, or the Arne bent-toed gecko.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • As the snake struck, injecting its venom, the gecko turned and clamped onto the snake’s upper jaw.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Dylan, who shares a room with a leopard gecko, is still steeped in the unambiguous stuff of kid-world.
    — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The Khlong Hat bent-toed gecko is nocturnal.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Saskia got free of George, dropped the gecko, pounced on the tail, and knocked over the zivania bottle.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • So engineers are building new kinds of grippers inspired by the bottoms of gecko feet.
    — Lindzi Wessel, Science | AAAS, 28 June 2017
  • 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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