Definition of Chamaeleontidae

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of Chamaeleontidae

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

Literary usage of Chamaeleontidae

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

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"Chamaeleontidae. ., , .;, ., , , , The head is usually described as forming a casque, with prominent crests and tubercles. There is no tympanum and no ..."

2. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger (1893)
"... Chamaeleontidae. Pp. xii., f,75. 40 Plates. [With a Systematic Index and an Alphabetical Index to the three volumes.] 1887, 8vo. II.*. ..."

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