Gekkonidae

plural noun

Gek·​kon·​i·​dae

geˈkänəˌdē

: a large family of Old World and New World lizards with amphicoelous vertebrae and other apparently primitive characters see gekko

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Gekkon-, Gekko, type genus + -idae

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