leaf-tailed gecko

noun

Any of 14 species of geckos in the genus Uroplatus found in Madagascar.

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Meanings

nounleaf-tailed gecko (plural leaf-tailed geckos or leaf-tailed geckoes)

plural leaf-tailed geckos · plural leaf-tailed geckoes

  1. A gecko with a tail in the shape of a leaf.
    1. Any of 14 species of geckos in the genus Uroplatus found in Madagascar.
    2. Any of 9 species of geckos in the genus Phyllurus in Australia.
    3. Any of 7 species of geckos in the genus Saltuarius found in Australia.
    4. Long-necked northern leaf-tailed gecko, Orraya occultus in Australia.
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