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Definition of Cameleon
1. n. See Chaceleon.
Definition of Cameleon
1. a chameleon [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cameleon
Literary usage of Cameleon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Youth's Companion, Or, An Historical Dictionary: Consisting of Articles by Ezra Sampson (1816)
"cameleon, a species of lizard, abounding in some parts of Egypt. ... The cameleon
devours prodigious quantities of flies ; but being very slow and inactive, ..."
2. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1820)
"Chevillot and Edouard upon that singular combination of manganese and potash
which is called the mineral cameleon, upon account of the facility with ..."
3. The American Reader: Consisting of Familiar, Instructive, and Entertaining by Herman Daggett (1841)
"THE cameleon. 1. The cameleon is a small quadruped, in shape resembling a crocodile,
and chiefly found in Arabia and Egypt. It is a mistake that this animal ..."
4. The Wonders of Nature and Art: Comprising Nearly Three Hundred of the Most (1839)
"WONDERS OF THE cameleon. THIS singular little animal is thus noticed by Mr. Madden,
... I had a cameleon, which lived for three months, another two months, ..."
5. The British poets, including translations by British poets (1822)
"THE cameleon. As the cameleon, who is known To have no colours of his own, But
borrows from his neighbours' hue His white or black, his green or blue, ..."
6. A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1816)
"Of the cameleon, Iguana, and Lizards of different Kinds... ,i.- ,,V. •,•.>_ j
JLT were to be wished, that animals could be so I • ... . • - '; '• -\ -.» '. ..."
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