Definition of Chamaeleonidae

1. Noun. Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Chamaeleonidae

Chamaea fasciata
Chamaecrista
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Chamaecyparis
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
Chamaecyparis thyoides
Chamaecytisus
Chamaecytisus palmensis
Chamaedaphne
Chamaedaphne calyculata
Chamaeleo
Chamaeleo chamaeleon
Chamaeleo oweni
Chamaeleon
Chamaeleonidae (current term)
Chamaeleontidae
Chamaemelum
Chamaemelum nobilis
Chamberlain procedure
Chamberlen forceps
Chambers
Chambertin
Chambéry
Chamicuro
Chamonix
Chamorro
Chamorros
Champ
Champagne

Literary usage of Chamaeleonidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1892)
"... there are four and five pairs; in the Polychrome Iguanid* there are seven to ten. In the Chamaeleonidae and ..."

2. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"... birds (Crocodilia, Pterosauria, Dinosauria), pulmonary air-sacs (Chamaeleonidae), and membranous expansions which are comparable to the septa in birds. ..."

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