Chamaeleon Definition

kəmēlēən
noun
A S constellation near the celestial pole.
Webster's New World

Archaic spelling of chameleon.

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(astronomy) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a chamaeleon. It lies south of the constellations Carina and Musca.

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Origin of Chamaeleon

  • Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin chamaeleon (“chamaeleon”), from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (chamaeleon)

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin chamaeleōn chameleon chameleon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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