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Chameleon Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Chameleon?
[n] lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
[n] a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa Synonyms | Synonyms for Chameleon: Chamaeleon | chamaeleon Related Terms | Find terms related to Chameleon: agama | alligator | anole | antigorite | April showers | bearded lizard | blindworm | box turtle | butterfly | butterfly agama | candy cane | cayman | cheetah | chrysotile | cloud shapes | confetti | crazy quilt | crocodile | Dalmatian | diamondback | dragon | false map turtle | firedog | flying dragon | formalist | gavial | gecko | Gila monster | girdle-tailed lizard | glass snake | green turtle | harlequin | hawksbill | hawksbill turtle | iguana | iris | jaguar | kaleidoscope | leatherback | leopard | lizard | mackerel | mackerel sky | marble | marbled paper | matamata | mercury | moire | monitor | moon | mother-of-pearl | mugger | nacre | ocelot | opal | ophite | patchwork quilt | peacock | Proteus | quicksilver | rainbow | rolling stone | sea turtle | serpentine | serpentine marble | shifting sands | shot silk | soft-shelled turtle | spectrum | stump tail | teju | temporizer | terrapin | the weather | timepleaser | timeserver | tortoise | tortoise shell | trimmer | tuatara | turtle | Vicar of Bray | water | weather vane | weathercock | wheel of fortune | whirligig | zebra See Also | African chameleon | Chamaeleo chamaeleon | Chamaeleo oweni | Chamaeleonidae | Chamaeleontidae | constellation | family Chamaeleonidae | family Chamaeleontidae | family Rhiptoglossa | horned chameleon | lizard | Rhiptoglossa Chameleon In Webster's Dictionary \Cha*me"le*on\ (k[.a]*m[=e]"l[-e]*[u^]n), n. [L.
Chamaeleon, Gr. chamaile`wn, lit., ``ground lion;'' chamai`
on the ground + le`wn lion. See {Humble}, and {Lion}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A lizardlike reptile of the genus {Cham[ae]leo}, 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.
Note: Its color changes more or less with the color of the
objects about it, or with its temper when disturbed. In
a cool, dark place it is nearly white, or grayish; on
admitting the light, it changes to brown, bottle-green,
or blood red, of various shades, and more or less
mottled in arrangment. The American chameleons belong
to {Anolis} and allied genera of the family
{Iguanid[ae]}. They are more slender in form than the
true chameleons, but have the same power of changing
their colors.
{Chameleon mineral} (Chem.), the compound called {potassium
permanganate}, a dark violet, crystalline substance,
{KMnO4}, which in formation passes through a peculiar
succession of color from green to blue, purple, red, etc.
See {Potassium permanganate}, under {Potassium}.
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