american chameleon

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   small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color

   SynonymsanoleAnolis carolinensis

   Broaderiguanid

   Part ofAnolis

Questions about american chameleon

What does american chameleon mean?

american chameleon means "small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color".

What is another word for american chameleon?

Close synonyms include anole, Anolis carolinensis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american chameleon a common word?

american chameleon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.