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单词 tokay
释义 tokay2|ˈtəʊkeɪ|
Also tokee, tockay, tookai.
[a. Malay tōkē, also written tōkeq, tĕkeq, with final q often silent: see gecko.]
A species of Gecko, or lizard of the family Geckonidæ, app. G. verticillatus, of Burma, Thailand, and the Malay region.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Tockay,..the name of a species of Indian lizard distinguished from the other kinds, by being spotted all over.1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. VII. 149 Directly descending from the crocodile, we find the Cordyle, the Tockay and the Tejuguacu, all growing less in order, as I have named them.1899Proc. Zool. Soc. 16 May 631 The Great House-Lizard or Tokay is recorded from Penang, Singapore, and the Malay Peninsula... In Siam, however, it is one of the commonest animals.
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