crestie
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crestie (plural cresties)
- (informal) The crested gecko, Rhacodactylus ciliatus.
- [2017 December 12, Kimberly Kay Lucas, “Crested Gecko Care And Information”, in Reptiles Magazine[1], archived from the original on 30 November 2022:
- "Cresteds," or "cresties," as they are commonly called, are docile in nature and relatively calm and easy to handle as pets.]
- 2019 March 1, Owen Maercks, “Taking Care of Ball Pythons”, in Pet Business[2], archived from the original on 2020-10-20:
- More recently, crested geckos have become the "It" reptile pet. […] Corn snakes are popular to this day, and I have no reason to think that cresties will not continue in popular favor.
- 2020 September 12, Kevin N., “How to Breed Crested Geckos?”, in My Crested Gecko[3], archived from the original on 2022-07-06:
- A female crestie lays an average of 6 to 10 clutches during the breading season which lasts about 8 months.
- 2021 January 5, Mark Mancini, “The Cute Crested Gecko, Once Thought Extinct, Is Now Bred by the Thousands”, in HowStuffWorks[4], archived from the original on 2022-06-29:
- Cresties grow to be around 8 inches (20 centimeters) long, with their tails accounting for almost half of that body length.
- (informal) A crested tit.
- (Northern England, birdwatching) the great crested grebe.