Associations to the word «Chameleon»

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Wiktionary

CHAMELEON, noun. A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
CHAMELEON, noun. A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.
CHAMELEON, noun. (physics) A hypothetical scalar particle with a non-linear self-interaction, giving it an effective mass that depends on its environment: the presence of other fields.
CHAMELEON, adjective. Describing something that changes color.
CHAMELEON MINERAL, noun. A manganese salt, especially potassium permanganate.
CHAMELEON MINERALS, noun. Plural of chameleon mineral
CHAMELEON PLANT, noun. A plant of the species Houttuynia cordata.
CHAMELEON PLANT, noun. Chamaeleon, a single-species genus of plants, most of whose former species are now in Carlina.

Dictionary definition

CHAMELEON, noun. A changeable or inconstant person.
CHAMELEON, noun. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa.
CHAMELEON, noun. Lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue.

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