crestie

English

Etymology

crest +‎ -ie

Noun

crestie (plural cresties)

  1. (informal) The crested gecko, Rhacodactylus ciliatus.
    • [2017 December 12, Kimberly Kay Lucas, “Crested Gecko Care And Information”, in Reptiles Magazine‎, 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, 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, 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, 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.
  2. (informal) A crested tit.
  3. (Northern England, birdwatching) the great crested grebe.

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