a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa
lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
chamaeleon
Silbentrennung
Cha·mae·le·on
Aussprache
Etymologie
() Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin chamaeleon (“chamaeleon”) Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (chamaeleon)