CHAMAELEON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chamaeleon mean? 

• CHAMAELEON (noun)
  The noun CHAMAELEON has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: CHAMAELEON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAMAELEON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Chamaeleon; Chameleon

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chamaeleon; chameleon

Hypernyms ("chamaeleon" is a kind of...):

lizard (relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chamaeleon"):

African chameleon; Chamaeleo chamaeleon (a chameleon found in Africa)

Chamaeleo oweni; horned chameleon (a kind of chameleon)

Holonyms ("chamaeleon" is a member of...):

Chamaeleonidae; Chamaeleontidae; family Chamaeleonidae; family Chamaeleontidae; family Rhiptoglossa; Rhiptoglossa (Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria)