Complete Definition of "Chamaeleon"

see|chamaeleon|chameleon
English
wikipedia|Chamaeleon (constellation)

Etymology
Named by Dutch explorers w:Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser|Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and w:Frederick de Houtman|Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From L. term|chamaeleon||chamaeleon|langla < AGr. term|scpolytonic|�αμαιλέ�ν|trchamaeleon|langgrc

Proper noun
en-proper noun

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

Translations

French: Caméléon m
German: Chamäleon n
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Russian: Хамелеон
Spanish: Chamaeleon

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