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 Definitions of chameleon  [əˈmi li ən, -ˈmil yən]  

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Definition of 'chameleon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) chameleon
any Old World lizard of the family Chamaeleontidae, slow moving, with a projectile tongue and the ability to change color.

2.  chameleon
a changeable or fickle person.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME camelion < MF < L chamaeleon < Gk chamailéōn=chamaí on the ground (akin to humus ) +léōnlion)

Definition of 'chameleon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) chameleon
a changeable or inconstant person

2. (noun) Chamaeleon, Chameleon
a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa

3. (noun) chameleon, chamaeleon
lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue


Definition of 'chameleon' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) chameleon
a lizard that can change its skin color
***a large green chameleon


Definition of 'chameleon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) chameleon
a lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamaeleo, 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


Translation of 'chameleon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a small lizard which is able to change colour.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verkleurmannetjie, trapsu Arabic flag Arabic: حِرْباء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: хамелеон
Brazilian flag Brazilian: camaleão Czech flag Czech: chameleon German flag German: das Chamäleon
Danish flag Danish: kamæleon Greek flag Greek: χαμαιλέων Spanish flag Spanish: camaleón
Estonian flag Estonian: kameeleon Farsi flag Farsi: مارمولکی که رنگ پوستش را Finnish flag Finnish: kameleontti
French flag French: caméléon Hebrew flag Hebrew: זִיקִית Hindi flag Hindi: गिर्गिट
Croatian flag Croatian: kameleon Hungarian flag Hungarian: kaméleon Indonesian flag Indonesian: bunglon
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kameljón Italian flag Italian: camaleonte Japanese flag Japanese: カメレオン
Korean flag Korean: 카멜레온 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: chameleonas Latvian flag Latvian: hameleons
Malay flag Malay: sesumpah Dutch flag Dutch: kameleon Norwegian flag Norwegian: kameleon
Polish flag Polish: kameleon Persian flag Persian: مارمولکی که رنگ پوستش را Pashto flag Pashto: كربوړى: هر دم خياله سړى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: camaleão Romanian flag Romanian: cameleon Russian flag Russian: хамелеон
Slovak flag Slovak: chameleón Slovenian flag Slovenian: kameleon Serbian flag Serbian: kameleon
Swedish flag Swedish: kameleont Thai flag Thai: สัตว์จำพวกกิ้งก่า Turkish flag Turkish: bukalemun
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 變色蜥蜴,變色龍 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: хамелеон Urdu flag Urdu: گرگٹ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tắc kè hoa Chinese flag Chinese: 变色蜥蜴,变色龙

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