chamaeleon

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsChameleon

   Broaderconstellation
2. 2.

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

   Synonymschameleon

   Broaderlizard

   NarrowerAfrican chameleonhorned chameleon

   Part ofChamaeleontidae

Other forms of chamaeleon

plural

chamaeleons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chamaeleon

What does chamaeleon mean?

chamaeleon means "a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chamaeleon?

chamaeleon has 5 syllables: cha-ma-e-le-on. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for chamaeleon?

Close synonyms include Chameleon, chameleon. 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 chamaeleon a common word?

chamaeleon 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.