Chamaeleon Definition
kəmēlēən
noun
A S constellation near the celestial pole.
Webster's New World
Archaic spelling of chameleon.
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pronoun
(astronomy) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a chamaeleon. It lies south of the constellations Carina and Musca.
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Origin of Chamaeleon
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Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin chamaeleon (“chamaeleon”), from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (chamaeleon)
From Wiktionary
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Latin chamaeleōn chameleon chameleon
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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