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What is the English word for the sound produced by the gecko?

Question #96065. Asked by gentlegiant17.
Last updated Jan 10 2017.

Related Trivia Topics: English   Vocabulary  
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A "chirp"?

They make the most fantastically unlizard-like sound whose transliteration resulted in both the word "gecko" and the word "Tokay". When you first hear it, you have to convince yourself that a lizard rather than a small child is making the sound.

They are named for their unique chirping or clicking noises, which sound like the word gecko. Geckos are the only lizards that make a clicking noise.

link http://www.thegeckospot.net/leocareindex3.php

link http://www.wildherps.com/species/G.gecko.html

Response last updated by satguru on Dec 16 2016.
May 26 2008, 11:59 AM
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Certain species of this family make a loud clicking noise that sounds like “gecko”; they are the only lizards that make any sound other than hissing.

link http://www.sciencehub4kids.com/geckoreptiles-and-amphibians/



Response last updated by gtho4 on Jan 10 2017.
May 26 2008, 12:08 PM
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Might it be "gecko"?

"Certain species of this family make a loud clicking noise that sounds like “gecko”"

link http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/reptiles/lizard/Gecko.shtml


Response last updated by LadyNym on Dec 19 2016.
May 26 2008, 12:21 PM
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Geico Insurance (British accent)

link http://www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm446390.html

May 26 2008, 1:21 PM
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In Indonesia they call him Cakcak, so maybe that's what he's really saying?

link http://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cakcak

May 26 2008, 5:45 PM
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On this site you can listen to various geckos with different dialects. Decide for yourself what they're saying.

[gekkota.com/html/gecko_sounds.html] Link no longer exists

Response last updated by LadyNym on Dec 19 2016.
May 26 2008, 5:50 PM
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