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Definition of Chameleon
1. Noun. A changeable or inconstant person.
2. Noun. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa.
3. Noun. Lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue.
Generic synonyms: Lizard
Group relationships: Chamaeleonidae, Chamaeleontidae, Family Chamaeleonidae, Family Chamaeleontidae, Family Rhiptoglossa, Rhiptoglossa
Specialized synonyms: African Chameleon, Chamaeleo Chamaeleon, Chamaeleo Oweni, Horned Chameleon
Definition of Chameleon
1. n. A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamæleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.
Definition of Chameleon
1. Noun. A small to mid-size reptile, of the family ''Chamaeleonidae'', and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue. ¹
2. Noun. A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances. ¹
3. Adjective. Describing something that changes color. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chameleon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chameleon
Literary usage of Chameleon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead by James George Frazer (1913)
"Zulu story of the chameleon and the lizard. encompass his frail and transient
... The chameleon set out, but it crawled very slowly, and it loitered by the ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1875)
"L. After death, the chameleon becomes black; and after rigor ... It explains the
light color in the chameleon when under the influence of chloroform or ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1832)
"The chameleon. 8vo. pp.312. Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd. 1832. THE chameleon, though
not put forth as such, must be considered as a downright Scotch annual, ..."
4. The Pet Book by Anna Botsford Comstock (1914)
"THE AMERICAN chameleon N the Coast region of the Southern United States we too
have a chameleon, which is often called the Green Lizard. ..."
5. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"That everything remarkable in the changes of colour that manifest themselves in
the chameleon may be explained by the appearance of the pigment of the ..."
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