Definition of chameleon in English:

chameleon

(British chamaeleon)

noun kəˈmiːlɪənkəˈmiljən

1A small slow-moving Old World lizard with a prehensile tail, long extensible tongue, protruding eyes that rotate independently, and a highly developed ability to change colour.
变色蜥蜴，变色龙
Family Chamaeleonidae: four genera, in particular Chamaeleo, and numerous species, including the European chameleon (C. vulgaris)
Example sentencesExamples
- It lacked the light brown fur, however, and instead owned a soft, fleshy skin with the abilities of a chameleon.
- I watch the sky change its colour like a chameleon.
- The team that saw France bestride the football world for the first time ever had more colours than a chameleon and, ultimately, did more for race relations than any number of government initiatives.
- This is similar in ways to the chameleon, a lizard which can alter the colour of its skin.
- Raxworthy and colleagues developed a computer model to study chameleons, lizards known for their ability to change color depending on their mood or surroundings, in Madagascar.
- Remarkably, the loss of the tongue protractors in chameleons has not affected the external feeding kinematics.
- Toys made of rubber in the shape of snakes, lizards, chameleons, scorpions and crabs are selling like hot cakes.
- The chameleon has the ability to bring long life or death, fecundity or barrenness, depending on its color.
- Chameleons such as this male Parson's chameleon from Madagascar change their skin color to hide and to communicate.
- It is as if to survive, it has had to change names, like a chameleon changing colours.
- In the evening the Mekong always seemed to come alive, changing its colour like a chameleon, camouflaging itself against the darkening sky until it swallowed the sun.
- Similarly, some modern ectotherms, chameleons for example, have an erect posture.
- These and a whole list of other questions far longer than a chameleon's telescopic tongue, still need to be answered.
- According to Anderson, the ability of chameleons to change color stems from special cells called chromatophores found in the upper layers of their skin.
- Their eyes move independently of each other, like those of a chameleon, and their bodies are covered by bony plates, similar to those of seahorses.
- There are many other snakes of all different sizes, as well as chameleons, geckos, lizards, skinks, iguanas, spiders and huge tortoises.
- We all understand the ability of the chameleon to change its colours to suit its environment.
- A chameleon was shifting to match the kaleidoscope of colour given off by the lights of a gramophone record store.
- This is the last view myriad insects have in life before being swamped by a long, sticky tongue and sucked back into the chameleon's mouth.
- Everyone in Canada will now have the uncanny ability of the chameleon.
1. 1.1North American An anole (tree-dwelling lizard).
  Example sentencesExamples
  Green anoles are often called American chameleons because of their ability to change color from bright green to brown to grey.
  Turtles, crayfish, snails, fish, salamanders, American chameleons, newts, insects, bacteria, and algae all can be successfully raised in the River Tank, but questions remain as to which ones can coexist, and for how long, before being eaten by another inhabitant.
  In addition to iguanas, the Iguania include agamids, chameleons and a few lesser known groups.
  They are often referred to as American chameleons, although they are unrelated to chameleons.
  We then started studying green anoles (otherwise known as American chameleons), the creatures that live in the grass that we planted.
  Most North American lizards belong to this family, including the collared lizards, the utas, the swifts, the so-called horned toads, or horned lizards, and the American chameleon, or anole (not a true chameleon).
  In the pure-cone American chameleon retina, all visual opsins including rod opsin are expressed.
  There are no native American chameleons, although there are many pet chameleons.
  It happened because I was married to an American chameleon (I must mention here that American chameleons are not true chameleons - they look much the same but lack some of our more amazing abilities).
  Among the saurian the iguanas can be pointed out, as well as the American chameleons and varanus.
  The American chameleon, or anole, is not a true chameleon, but a small lizard of the iguana family, found in the SE United States and noted for its color changes.
  If the ventral curvature of tail is real, then that, in concert with its extremely narrow scaupulae, suggests that a more appropriate functional analog would be found in arboreal chameleons.
  The following are answers to several questions I have been asked recently about a common lizard of the Southeast, called green anoles by some people and American chameleons by others.
  They have been replaced by the corresponding segments of the pigment of American chameleon.
  This is a common characteristic between American chameleons and those of Europe and Africa.
  Contrary to popular belief, the American chameleon does not assume the color of its surroundings.
2. 1.2 A person who changes their opinions or behaviour according to the situation.
  voters have misgivings about his performance as a political chameleon
  Example sentencesExamples
  Look at an actor who never ceases to amaze in his breathe of characters and you'll know she is not the only fashion chameleon around.
  First and foremost is Mike Myers, who is known as a vocal chameleon.
  Drew is one of those cinematic chameleons whose character changes to fit the scene, regardless of how preposterous the shift may be.
  The album received poor reviews and left many critics asking if pop's most successful chameleon had lost her touch.
  Particularly well known for her Rossini, the consummate singer-actress changes like a chameleon to adapt to the requirements of the repertoire.
  For those who prefer the actor as magician, chameleon, and master of disguises, no one has proved more satisfying than Sir Alec Guinness, who just died at age 86.
  Our actors are the chameleons who change words like parts but always deliver an essential truth.
  On his fifth album, Harper plays the role of musical chameleon, shifting and defying musical categorization.
  As he showed yesterday, he is above all a brilliant political chameleon.
  Never transforming his image significantly, yet constantly changing roles like a chameleon.
  Listeners seemed divided over whether Skaggs or musical chameleon Elvis Costello stole Thursday's show.
  Before she was a fabulous comedy chameleon, Tracey Ullman was a teen dancer touring with a gaggle of chorus boys.
  The strange thing about abusers is that they're like some kind of social chameleon.
  We would have to agree with this article, which dubs these guys "musical chameleons".
  The political chameleon changes its colors according to pressure, not conscience.
  He was a brilliant careerist and opportunist, a political chameleon whose life story seems more the stuff of fiction than of any kind of conventional history.
  Bowie remains the quintessential song-and-dance man, effortlessly charming and elegant, and as ever, a shameless karma chameleon.
  The most brilliant move by the director was the casting of artistic chameleon and rock-and-roll space oddity David Bowie.
  He had drive and would go out of his way to pursue a target; he's a chameleon and can change from one person to the next in order to seem compatible.
  The real surprise would be if the post-modern chameleon made two albums in a row that sounded alike.
  You know, the wily old chameleon could still come out ahead.
  To party cynics, she may be seen as a political chameleon, reinventing herself to charm the voters.
  It was impossible not to like this energetic chameleon, this part salesman, part bit actor and part seducer.
  She describes herself as a nurse chameleon who has not changed her colors - she is just wearing them in a different medium.
  I'm a Piscean, who admits to being a complete social chameleon, and I would be completely over-whelmed and swamped by the personalities of others.
  He has always guarded his private life fiercely, arguing that talking about his off-screen relationships cheapens them and hampers his professional ability to be a chameleon.
  I was the most extreme kind of musical chameleon.
  She alone was capable of the amazing things she mastered like a vocal chameleon.

Derivatives

chameleonic

adjective kəmiːlɪˈɒnɪkkəˌmiliˈɑnɪk

But Brooke's chameleonic ability to morph into exactly what we need him to be - that's not a skill to be tossed aside.
Example sentencesExamples
- The film is full of philosophical characters from the enigmatic Mark to the chameleonic survivalist Timothy (the amazing Isaach de Bankolé).
- He's had a somewhat chameleonic career which has seen him as prog rock axe hero, fusioneer as well as a mainstream jazzer.
- Or maybe it was the fact that she projected an aura of chameleonic malleability, in his words you could ‘take her to the ballet or a biker bar, and she would fit in completely, perfectly in either environ.’
- Such are the eyes and soul of Christopher Doyle: chameleonic, shifting, thick and excessive, like the multifarious textures of the infinite spectrum of images he composes.

Origin

Middle English: via Latin chamaeleon from Greek khamaileōn, from khamai 'on the ground' + leōn 'lion'.

A lion and a giraffe feature in the history of the lizard's name. Chameleon is derived via Latin from Greek khamaileon, from khamai ‘on the ground’ and leōn ‘lion’. So a chameleon was a ‘ground lion’. It was often spelled camelion, which sometimes got mixed up with camelopard, an old word for a giraffe. So for a time, in the 14th and 15th centuries, a camelion was also a name for the giraffe. From the 16th century people have been described as chameleons if they were fickle or continually changing their opinions.

Rhymes

anthelion, Aristotelian, Aurelian, carnelian, Karelian, Mendelian, Mephistophelian, Pelion, Sahelian

Definition of chameleon in US English:

chameleon

(British chamaeleon)

nounkəˈmiljənkəˈmēlyən

1A small slow-moving Old World lizard with a prehensile tail, long extensible tongue, protruding eyes that rotate independently, and a highly developed ability to change color.
变色蜥蜴，变色龙
Family Chamaeleonidae: four genera, in particular Chamaeleo, and numerous species, including the European chameleon (C. vulgaris) and the common chameleon (C. chamaeleon)
Example sentencesExamples
- Raxworthy and colleagues developed a computer model to study chameleons, lizards known for their ability to change color depending on their mood or surroundings, in Madagascar.
- These and a whole list of other questions far longer than a chameleon's telescopic tongue, still need to be answered.
- It lacked the light brown fur, however, and instead owned a soft, fleshy skin with the abilities of a chameleon.
- Toys made of rubber in the shape of snakes, lizards, chameleons, scorpions and crabs are selling like hot cakes.
- A chameleon was shifting to match the kaleidoscope of colour given off by the lights of a gramophone record store.
- Remarkably, the loss of the tongue protractors in chameleons has not affected the external feeding kinematics.
- Chameleons such as this male Parson's chameleon from Madagascar change their skin color to hide and to communicate.
- Everyone in Canada will now have the uncanny ability of the chameleon.
- In the evening the Mekong always seemed to come alive, changing its colour like a chameleon, camouflaging itself against the darkening sky until it swallowed the sun.
- Their eyes move independently of each other, like those of a chameleon, and their bodies are covered by bony plates, similar to those of seahorses.
- Similarly, some modern ectotherms, chameleons for example, have an erect posture.
- The team that saw France bestride the football world for the first time ever had more colours than a chameleon and, ultimately, did more for race relations than any number of government initiatives.
- The chameleon has the ability to bring long life or death, fecundity or barrenness, depending on its color.
- This is the last view myriad insects have in life before being swamped by a long, sticky tongue and sucked back into the chameleon's mouth.
- We all understand the ability of the chameleon to change its colours to suit its environment.
- I watch the sky change its colour like a chameleon.
- This is similar in ways to the chameleon, a lizard which can alter the colour of its skin.
- There are many other snakes of all different sizes, as well as chameleons, geckos, lizards, skinks, iguanas, spiders and huge tortoises.
- According to Anderson, the ability of chameleons to change color stems from special cells called chromatophores found in the upper layers of their skin.
- It is as if to survive, it has had to change names, like a chameleon changing colours.
1. 1.1North American An anole (tree-dwelling lizard).
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are no native American chameleons, although there are many pet chameleons.
  In the pure-cone American chameleon retina, all visual opsins including rod opsin are expressed.
  They are often referred to as American chameleons, although they are unrelated to chameleons.
  They have been replaced by the corresponding segments of the pigment of American chameleon.
  This is a common characteristic between American chameleons and those of Europe and Africa.
  Green anoles are often called American chameleons because of their ability to change color from bright green to brown to grey.
  Most North American lizards belong to this family, including the collared lizards, the utas, the swifts, the so-called horned toads, or horned lizards, and the American chameleon, or anole (not a true chameleon).
  If the ventral curvature of tail is real, then that, in concert with its extremely narrow scaupulae, suggests that a more appropriate functional analog would be found in arboreal chameleons.
  Turtles, crayfish, snails, fish, salamanders, American chameleons, newts, insects, bacteria, and algae all can be successfully raised in the River Tank, but questions remain as to which ones can coexist, and for how long, before being eaten by another inhabitant.
  We then started studying green anoles (otherwise known as American chameleons), the creatures that live in the grass that we planted.
  The following are answers to several questions I have been asked recently about a common lizard of the Southeast, called green anoles by some people and American chameleons by others.
  The American chameleon, or anole, is not a true chameleon, but a small lizard of the iguana family, found in the SE United States and noted for its color changes.
  In addition to iguanas, the Iguania include agamids, chameleons and a few lesser known groups.
  It happened because I was married to an American chameleon (I must mention here that American chameleons are not true chameleons - they look much the same but lack some of our more amazing abilities).
  Contrary to popular belief, the American chameleon does not assume the color of its surroundings.
  Among the saurian the iguanas can be pointed out, as well as the American chameleons and varanus.
2. 1.2 A person who changes their opinions or behavior according to the situation.
  voters have misgivings about his performance as a political chameleon
  Example sentencesExamples
  She describes herself as a nurse chameleon who has not changed her colors - she is just wearing them in a different medium.
  The real surprise would be if the post-modern chameleon made two albums in a row that sounded alike.
  Particularly well known for her Rossini, the consummate singer-actress changes like a chameleon to adapt to the requirements of the repertoire.
  Never transforming his image significantly, yet constantly changing roles like a chameleon.
  The most brilliant move by the director was the casting of artistic chameleon and rock-and-roll space oddity David Bowie.
  The political chameleon changes its colors according to pressure, not conscience.
  The strange thing about abusers is that they're like some kind of social chameleon.
  As he showed yesterday, he is above all a brilliant political chameleon.
  Bowie remains the quintessential song-and-dance man, effortlessly charming and elegant, and as ever, a shameless karma chameleon.
  Listeners seemed divided over whether Skaggs or musical chameleon Elvis Costello stole Thursday's show.
  Before she was a fabulous comedy chameleon, Tracey Ullman was a teen dancer touring with a gaggle of chorus boys.
  He has always guarded his private life fiercely, arguing that talking about his off-screen relationships cheapens them and hampers his professional ability to be a chameleon.
  Look at an actor who never ceases to amaze in his breathe of characters and you'll know she is not the only fashion chameleon around.
  You know, the wily old chameleon could still come out ahead.
  Our actors are the chameleons who change words like parts but always deliver an essential truth.
  The album received poor reviews and left many critics asking if pop's most successful chameleon had lost her touch.
  I'm a Piscean, who admits to being a complete social chameleon, and I would be completely over-whelmed and swamped by the personalities of others.
  On his fifth album, Harper plays the role of musical chameleon, shifting and defying musical categorization.
  She alone was capable of the amazing things she mastered like a vocal chameleon.
  To party cynics, she may be seen as a political chameleon, reinventing herself to charm the voters.
  Drew is one of those cinematic chameleons whose character changes to fit the scene, regardless of how preposterous the shift may be.
  We would have to agree with this article, which dubs these guys "musical chameleons".
  First and foremost is Mike Myers, who is known as a vocal chameleon.
  For those who prefer the actor as magician, chameleon, and master of disguises, no one has proved more satisfying than Sir Alec Guinness, who just died at age 86.
  It was impossible not to like this energetic chameleon, this part salesman, part bit actor and part seducer.
  I was the most extreme kind of musical chameleon.
  He had drive and would go out of his way to pursue a target; he's a chameleon and can change from one person to the next in order to seem compatible.
  He was a brilliant careerist and opportunist, a political chameleon whose life story seems more the stuff of fiction than of any kind of conventional history.

Origin

Middle English: via Latin chamaeleon from Greek khamaileōn, from khamai ‘on the ground’ + leōn ‘lion’.

单词	chameleon
释义	Definition of chameleon in English: chameleon (British chamaeleon) noun kəˈmiːlɪənkəˈmiljən 1A small slow-moving Old World lizard with a prehensile tail, long extensible tongue, protruding eyes that rotate independently, and a highly developed ability to change colour. 变色蜥蜴，变色龙 Family Chamaeleonidae: four genera, in particular Chamaeleo, and numerous species, including the European chameleon (C. vulgaris) Example sentencesExamples It lacked the light brown fur, however, and instead owned a soft, fleshy skin with the abilities of a chameleon. I watch the sky change its colour like a chameleon. The team that saw France bestride the football world for the first time ever had more colours than a chameleon and, ultimately, did more for race relations than any number of government initiatives. This is similar in ways to the chameleon, a lizard which can alter the colour of its skin. Raxworthy and colleagues developed a computer model to study chameleons, lizards known for their ability to change color depending on their mood or surroundings, in Madagascar. Remarkably, the loss of the tongue protractors in chameleons has not affected the external feeding kinematics. Toys made of rubber in the shape of snakes, lizards, chameleons, scorpions and crabs are selling like hot cakes. The chameleon has the ability to bring long life or death, fecundity or barrenness, depending on its color. Chameleons such as this male Parson's chameleon from Madagascar change their skin color to hide and to communicate. It is as if to survive, it has had to change names, like a chameleon changing colours. In the evening the Mekong always seemed to come alive, changing its colour like a chameleon, camouflaging itself against the darkening sky until it swallowed the sun. Similarly, some modern ectotherms, chameleons for example, have an erect posture. These and a whole list of other questions far longer than a chameleon's telescopic tongue, still need to be answered. According to Anderson, the ability of chameleons to change color stems from special cells called chromatophores found in the upper layers of their skin. Their eyes move independently of each other, like those of a chameleon, and their bodies are covered by bony plates, similar to those of seahorses. There are many other snakes of all different sizes, as well as chameleons, geckos, lizards, skinks, iguanas, spiders and huge tortoises. We all understand the ability of the chameleon to change its colours to suit its environment. A chameleon was shifting to match the kaleidoscope of colour given off by the lights of a gramophone record store. This is the last view myriad insects have in life before being swamped by a long, sticky tongue and sucked back into the chameleon's mouth. Everyone in Canada will now have the uncanny ability of the chameleon. 1.1North American An anole (tree-dwelling lizard). Example sentencesExamples Green anoles are often called American chameleons because of their ability to change color from bright green to brown to grey. Turtles, crayfish, snails, fish, salamanders, American chameleons, newts, insects, bacteria, and algae all can be successfully raised in the River Tank, but questions remain as to which ones can coexist, and for how long, before being eaten by another inhabitant. In addition to iguanas, the Iguania include agamids, chameleons and a few lesser known groups. They are often referred to as American chameleons, although they are unrelated to chameleons. We then started studying green anoles (otherwise known as American chameleons), the creatures that live in the grass that we planted. Most North American lizards belong to this family, including the collared lizards, the utas, the swifts, the so-called horned toads, or horned lizards, and the American chameleon, or anole (not a true chameleon). In the pure-cone American chameleon retina, all visual opsins including rod opsin are expressed. There are no native American chameleons, although there are many pet chameleons. It happened because I was married to an American chameleon (I must mention here that American chameleons are not true chameleons - they look much the same but lack some of our more amazing abilities). Among the saurian the iguanas can be pointed out, as well as the American chameleons and varanus. The American chameleon, or anole, is not a true chameleon, but a small lizard of the iguana family, found in the SE United States and noted for its color changes. If the ventral curvature of tail is real, then that, in concert with its extremely narrow scaupulae, suggests that a more appropriate functional analog would be found in arboreal chameleons. The following are answers to several questions I have been asked recently about a common lizard of the Southeast, called green anoles by some people and American chameleons by others. They have been replaced by the corresponding segments of the pigment of American chameleon. This is a common characteristic between American chameleons and those of Europe and Africa. Contrary to popular belief, the American chameleon does not assume the color of its surroundings. 1.2 A person who changes their opinions or behaviour according to the situation. voters have misgivings about his performance as a political chameleon Example sentencesExamples Look at an actor who never ceases to amaze in his breathe of characters and you'll know she is not the only fashion chameleon around. First and foremost is Mike Myers, who is known as a vocal chameleon. Drew is one of those cinematic chameleons whose character changes to fit the scene, regardless of how preposterous the shift may be. The album received poor reviews and left many critics asking if pop's most successful chameleon had lost her touch. Particularly well known for her Rossini, the consummate singer-actress changes like a chameleon to adapt to the requirements of the repertoire. For those who prefer the actor as magician, chameleon, and master of disguises, no one has proved more satisfying than Sir Alec Guinness, who just died at age 86. Our actors are the chameleons who change words like parts but always deliver an essential truth. On his fifth album, Harper plays the role of musical chameleon, shifting and defying musical categorization. As he showed yesterday, he is above all a brilliant political chameleon. Never transforming his image significantly, yet constantly changing roles like a chameleon. Listeners seemed divided over whether Skaggs or musical chameleon Elvis Costello stole Thursday's show. Before she was a fabulous comedy chameleon, Tracey Ullman was a teen dancer touring with a gaggle of chorus boys. The strange thing about abusers is that they're like some kind of social chameleon. We would have to agree with this article, which dubs these guys "musical chameleons". The political chameleon changes its colors according to pressure, not conscience. He was a brilliant careerist and opportunist, a political chameleon whose life story seems more the stuff of fiction than of any kind of conventional history. Bowie remains the quintessential song-and-dance man, effortlessly charming and elegant, and as ever, a shameless karma chameleon. The most brilliant move by the director was the casting of artistic chameleon and rock-and-roll space oddity David Bowie. He had drive and would go out of his way to pursue a target; he's a chameleon and can change from one person to the next in order to seem compatible. The real surprise would be if the post-modern chameleon made two albums in a row that sounded alike. You know, the wily old chameleon could still come out ahead. To party cynics, she may be seen as a political chameleon, reinventing herself to charm the voters. It was impossible not to like this energetic chameleon, this part salesman, part bit actor and part seducer. She describes herself as a nurse chameleon who has not changed her colors - she is just wearing them in a different medium. I'm a Piscean, who admits to being a complete social chameleon, and I would be completely over-whelmed and swamped by the personalities of others. He has always guarded his private life fiercely, arguing that talking about his off-screen relationships cheapens them and hampers his professional ability to be a chameleon. I was the most extreme kind of musical chameleon. She alone was capable of the amazing things she mastered like a vocal chameleon. Derivatives chameleonic adjective kəmiːlɪˈɒnɪkkəˌmiliˈɑnɪk But Brooke's chameleonic ability to morph into exactly what we need him to be - that's not a skill to be tossed aside. Example sentencesExamples The film is full of philosophical characters from the enigmatic Mark to the chameleonic survivalist Timothy (the amazing Isaach de Bankolé). He's had a somewhat chameleonic career which has seen him as prog rock axe hero, fusioneer as well as a mainstream jazzer. Or maybe it was the fact that she projected an aura of chameleonic malleability, in his words you could ‘take her to the ballet or a biker bar, and she would fit in completely, perfectly in either environ.’ Such are the eyes and soul of Christopher Doyle: chameleonic, shifting, thick and excessive, like the multifarious textures of the infinite spectrum of images he composes. Origin Middle English: via Latin chamaeleon from Greek khamaileōn, from khamai 'on the ground' + leōn 'lion'. A lion and a giraffe feature in the history of the lizard's name. Chameleon is derived via Latin from Greek khamaileon, from khamai ‘on the ground’ and leōn ‘lion’. So a chameleon was a ‘ground lion’. It was often spelled camelion, which sometimes got mixed up with camelopard, an old word for a giraffe. So for a time, in the 14th and 15th centuries, a camelion was also a name for the giraffe. From the 16th century people have been described as chameleons if they were fickle or continually changing their opinions. Rhymes anthelion, Aristotelian, Aurelian, carnelian, Karelian, Mendelian, Mephistophelian, Pelion, Sahelian Definition of chameleon in US English: chameleon (British chamaeleon) nounkəˈmiljənkəˈmēlyən 1A small slow-moving Old World lizard with a prehensile tail, long extensible tongue, protruding eyes that rotate independently, and a highly developed ability to change color. 变色蜥蜴，变色龙 Family Chamaeleonidae: four genera, in particular Chamaeleo, and numerous species, including the European chameleon (C. vulgaris) and the common chameleon (C. chamaeleon) Example sentencesExamples Raxworthy and colleagues developed a computer model to study chameleons, lizards known for their ability to change color depending on their mood or surroundings, in Madagascar. These and a whole list of other questions far longer than a chameleon's telescopic tongue, still need to be answered. It lacked the light brown fur, however, and instead owned a soft, fleshy skin with the abilities of a chameleon. Toys made of rubber in the shape of snakes, lizards, chameleons, scorpions and crabs are selling like hot cakes. A chameleon was shifting to match the kaleidoscope of colour given off by the lights of a gramophone record store. Remarkably, the loss of the tongue protractors in chameleons has not affected the external feeding kinematics. Chameleons such as this male Parson's chameleon from Madagascar change their skin color to hide and to communicate. Everyone in Canada will now have the uncanny ability of the chameleon. In the evening the Mekong always seemed to come alive, changing its colour like a chameleon, camouflaging itself against the darkening sky until it swallowed the sun. Their eyes move independently of each other, like those of a chameleon, and their bodies are covered by bony plates, similar to those of seahorses. Similarly, some modern ectotherms, chameleons for example, have an erect posture. The team that saw France bestride the football world for the first time ever had more colours than a chameleon and, ultimately, did more for race relations than any number of government initiatives. The chameleon has the ability to bring long life or death, fecundity or barrenness, depending on its color. This is the last view myriad insects have in life before being swamped by a long, sticky tongue and sucked back into the chameleon's mouth. We all understand the ability of the chameleon to change its colours to suit its environment. I watch the sky change its colour like a chameleon. This is similar in ways to the chameleon, a lizard which can alter the colour of its skin. There are many other snakes of all different sizes, as well as chameleons, geckos, lizards, skinks, iguanas, spiders and huge tortoises. According to Anderson, the ability of chameleons to change color stems from special cells called chromatophores found in the upper layers of their skin. It is as if to survive, it has had to change names, like a chameleon changing colours. 1.1North American An anole (tree-dwelling lizard). Example sentencesExamples There are no native American chameleons, although there are many pet chameleons. In the pure-cone American chameleon retina, all visual opsins including rod opsin are expressed. They are often referred to as American chameleons, although they are unrelated to chameleons. They have been replaced by the corresponding segments of the pigment of American chameleon. This is a common characteristic between American chameleons and those of Europe and Africa. Green anoles are often called American chameleons because of their ability to change color from bright green to brown to grey. Most North American lizards belong to this family, including the collared lizards, the utas, the swifts, the so-called horned toads, or horned lizards, and the American chameleon, or anole (not a true chameleon). If the ventral curvature of tail is real, then that, in concert with its extremely narrow scaupulae, suggests that a more appropriate functional analog would be found in arboreal chameleons. Turtles, crayfish, snails, fish, salamanders, American chameleons, newts, insects, bacteria, and algae all can be successfully raised in the River Tank, but questions remain as to which ones can coexist, and for how long, before being eaten by another inhabitant. We then started studying green anoles (otherwise known as American chameleons), the creatures that live in the grass that we planted. The following are answers to several questions I have been asked recently about a common lizard of the Southeast, called green anoles by some people and American chameleons by others. The American chameleon, or anole, is not a true chameleon, but a small lizard of the iguana family, found in the SE United States and noted for its color changes. In addition to iguanas, the Iguania include agamids, chameleons and a few lesser known groups. It happened because I was married to an American chameleon (I must mention here that American chameleons are not true chameleons - they look much the same but lack some of our more amazing abilities). Contrary to popular belief, the American chameleon does not assume the color of its surroundings. Among the saurian the iguanas can be pointed out, as well as the American chameleons and varanus. 1.2 A person who changes their opinions or behavior according to the situation. voters have misgivings about his performance as a political chameleon Example sentencesExamples She describes herself as a nurse chameleon who has not changed her colors - she is just wearing them in a different medium. The real surprise would be if the post-modern chameleon made two albums in a row that sounded alike. Particularly well known for her Rossini, the consummate singer-actress changes like a chameleon to adapt to the requirements of the repertoire. Never transforming his image significantly, yet constantly changing roles like a chameleon. The most brilliant move by the director was the casting of artistic chameleon and rock-and-roll space oddity David Bowie. The political chameleon changes its colors according to pressure, not conscience. The strange thing about abusers is that they're like some kind of social chameleon. As he showed yesterday, he is above all a brilliant political chameleon. Bowie remains the quintessential song-and-dance man, effortlessly charming and elegant, and as ever, a shameless karma chameleon. Listeners seemed divided over whether Skaggs or musical chameleon Elvis Costello stole Thursday's show. Before she was a fabulous comedy chameleon, Tracey Ullman was a teen dancer touring with a gaggle of chorus boys. He has always guarded his private life fiercely, arguing that talking about his off-screen relationships cheapens them and hampers his professional ability to be a chameleon. Look at an actor who never ceases to amaze in his breathe of characters and you'll know she is not the only fashion chameleon around. You know, the wily old chameleon could still come out ahead. Our actors are the chameleons who change words like parts but always deliver an essential truth. The album received poor reviews and left many critics asking if pop's most successful chameleon had lost her touch. I'm a Piscean, who admits to being a complete social chameleon, and I would be completely over-whelmed and swamped by the personalities of others. On his fifth album, Harper plays the role of musical chameleon, shifting and defying musical categorization. She alone was capable of the amazing things she mastered like a vocal chameleon. To party cynics, she may be seen as a political chameleon, reinventing herself to charm the voters. Drew is one of those cinematic chameleons whose character changes to fit the scene, regardless of how preposterous the shift may be. We would have to agree with this article, which dubs these guys "musical chameleons". First and foremost is Mike Myers, who is known as a vocal chameleon. For those who prefer the actor as magician, chameleon, and master of disguises, no one has proved more satisfying than Sir Alec Guinness, who just died at age 86. It was impossible not to like this energetic chameleon, this part salesman, part bit actor and part seducer. I was the most extreme kind of musical chameleon. He had drive and would go out of his way to pursue a target; he's a chameleon and can change from one person to the next in order to seem compatible. He was a brilliant careerist and opportunist, a political chameleon whose life story seems more the stuff of fiction than of any kind of conventional history. Origin Middle English: via Latin chamaeleon from Greek khamaileōn, from khamai ‘on the ground’ + leōn ‘lion’.
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