Definition of Chamaeleon

1. Noun. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa.

Exact synonyms: Chameleon
Generic synonyms: Constellation

2. Noun. Lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue.

Definition of Chamaeleon

1. Proper noun. (constellation) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a chamaeleon. It lies south of the constellations Carina and Musca. ¹

2. Noun. (archaic spelling of chameleon) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chamaeleon

chalupa
chalupas
chalutz
chalutzes
chalutzim
chalybeate
chalybeate water
chalybeates
chalybeous
chalybite
chalybites
chalypsography
cham
chamade
chamades
chamaeleon (current term)
chamaephyte
chamaephytes
chamar
chamars
chamazulene
chamber
chamber ensemble
chamber ensembles
chamber music
chamber of commerce
chamber orchestra
chamber orchestras
chamber organ

Literary usage of Chamaeleon

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

1. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"Of the. two kinds of chamaeleon. XII. 5Of chamaeleon there is the white kind and the dark ; the properties of the roots are different, and the roots also ..."

2. Natural History, Lore and Legend: Being Some Few Examples of Quaint and By by Frederick Edward Hulme (1895)
"... The chamaeleon — Its changing colour—Serpents from air—The gift of invisibility—The ... chamaeleon ..."

3. Gartenflora: Monatsschrift Fur Deutsche und Schweizerische Garten- und ...by Eduard Regel by Eduard Regel (1908)
"643. U. odora Sw. 41, 642. dum fimbriatum fl. pl. 42. 87, 43, 92. C. carinatum chamaeleon 47, 552. C. coro- narium fl. albo pleno 49, 45. ..."

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