Chamaeleon

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn).

Proper noun

Chamaeleon m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain carline thistle plants, with at most only a single currently accepted species Chamaeleon macrophyllus, most of whose former species are now in Carlina..

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Chamaeleon

  1. (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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Spanish

Proper noun

Chamaeleon ?

  1. (astronomy) Chamaeleon (small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky)
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