house lizard

Domestic reptile resident

A house lizard is any of various small lizards that commonly live in and around human dwellings, especially in tropical and subtropical regions.

The term most often refers to geckos, which hunt insects attracted to indoor lighting and are generally welcomed or tolerated as pest control.

We left the house lizard alone because it eats mosquitoes.

In some cultures, these lizards are considered good luck.

gecko

tokay

Hungarian sweet wine

lamellae · adhesive · nocturnal · regeneration · molting · territorial · camouflage · cryptic · oviparous · eggs

climbing

wall-crawler

Thing that scales walls

cling · setae · adhesion · agile · nimble · perch · scale · ascend · scamper · dart

pest-control

mosquito

Blood-feeding flying pest

  • cockroachFlattened scavenging household insect
  • mothNight-flying lepidopteran
  • flyTwo-winged buzzing insect

ant · spider · cricket · termite · beetle · larvae · insectivore · predator · hunt · forage

domestic

home

One's personal residence

  • wallVertical enclosing structure
  • ceilingRoom's upper surface
  • cornerMeeting point of edges

kitchen · bathroom · windowsill · porch · veranda · cohabitation · dwelling · familiar · harmless · startle

cultural

omen

Prophetic indicator

auspicious · prosperity

Opposites
habitat association

house lizardmarine iguana

Sea-foraging Galápagos reptile

sea turtle · crocodile · alligator · sea snake · leatherback turtle

locomotion and body form

house lizardsnake

Limbless scaled reptile

serpent · legless lizard · glass lizard · slowworm · python

human perception and welcome

house lizardhouse mouse

Dwelling-adapted small rodent

house rat · cockroach · house spider · centipede · scorpion

Family

house, lizard, houses, housed, housing, housekeeper, household, housework, lizards

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G