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Chameleon

Chameleon Meaning & Definition
Chameleon Definition And Meaning

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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