tarentolan.
/təˈrɛntəʊlə/ A harmless lizard, Tarentola (Platydactylus) mauritanica, the Moorish Gecko, found in southern Europe and northern Africa. Also the genus to which this belongs.
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tarentola1883
wall-gecko1886
1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 104/2 Those lizards which the Italians called Tarentola.]
1883 in List Anim. Zool. Soc. (1896) 577.
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tarente n.
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