CHAMAELEO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chamaeleo mean? 

• CHAMAELEO (noun)
  The noun CHAMAELEO has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Chamaeleontidae

  Familiarity information: CHAMAELEO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAMAELEO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Chamaeleontidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chamaeleo; genus Chamaeleo; genus Chamaeleon

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Chamaeleo"):

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

Chamaeleo oweni; horned chameleon (a kind of chameleon)

Holonyms ("Chamaeleo" 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)