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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''camelion'', from Middle French, from [[Latin]] ''chamaeleon'', from [[Greek]] ''chamaileōn'', from ''chamai'' on the ground + ''leōn'' lion  

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''camelion'', from Middle French, from [[Latin]] ''chamaeleon'', from [[Greek]] ''chamaileōn'', from ''chamai'' on the ground + ''leōn'' lion  

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

The [[English]] word ''chameleon'' (also chamaeleon) derives from [[Latin]] ''chamaeleō'', a borrowing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language Ancient Greek] χαμαιλέων (''khamailéōn''), a compound of χαμαί (khamaí) "on the ground" and λέων (léōn) "lion". The [[Greek]] word is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calque calque] translating the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_language Akkadian] ''nēš'' ''qaqqari'', [[literally]] 'lion ground' (adjectives follow nouns in Akkadian).

The [[English]] word ''chameleon'' (also chamaeleon) derives from [[Latin]] ''chamaeleō'', a borrowing of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language Ancient Greek] χαμαιλέων (''khamailéōn''), a compound of χαμαί (khamaí) "on the ground" and λέων (léōn) "lion". The [[Greek]] word is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calque calque] translating the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_language Akkadian] ''nēš'' ''qaqqari'', [[literally]] 'lion ground' (adjectives follow nouns in Akkadian).

==Defiinitions==

==Defiinitions==

*1: any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly [[arboreal]] Old World [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard lizards] with prehensile tail, independently movable eyeballs, and unusual [[ability]] to change the [[color]] of the skin

*1: any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly [[arboreal]] Old World [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard lizards] with prehensile tail, independently movable eyeballs, and unusual [[ability]] to change the [[color]] of the skin

*2a : a [[person]] given to often expedient or facile [[change]] in [[ideas]] or [[character]]

*2a : a [[person]] given to often expedient or facile [[change]] in [[ideas]] or [[character]]

:b : one that is subject to quick or frequent [[change]] especially in appearance  

:b : one that is subject to quick or frequent [[change]] especially in appearance  

==Description==

==Description==

'''Chameleons''' (family ''Chamaeleonidae'') are a distinctive and highly specialized [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clade clade] of lizards. They are distinguished by their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygodactyl zygodactylous] feet, their separately mobile and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopic_vision stereoscopic] eyes, their very long, highly [[modified]], and rapidly extrudable tongues, their swaying gait, the possession by many of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehensile prehensile] tail, crests or horns on their distinctively shaped heads, and the ability of some to [[change]] [[color]]. Colors include pink, blue, red, orange, turquoise, yellow, and green. Uniquely adapted for climbing and [[visual]] [[hunting]], the approximately 160 species of chameleon range from Africa, Madagascar, Spain and Portugal, across south Asia, to Sri Lanka, have been introduced to Hawaii, California, and Florida, and are found in warm [[habitats]] that vary from rain forest to [[desert]] conditions. Chameleons are often kept as household pets.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chameleon]

'''Chameleons''' (family ''Chamaeleonidae'') are a distinctive and highly specialized [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clade clade] of lizards. They are distinguished by their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygodactyl zygodactylous] feet, their separately mobile and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopic_vision stereoscopic] eyes, their very long, highly [[modified]], and rapidly extrudable tongues, their swaying gait, the possession by many of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehensile prehensile] tail, crests or horns on their distinctively shaped heads, and the ability of some to [[change]] [[color]]. Colors include pink, blue, red, orange, turquoise, yellow, and green. Uniquely adapted for climbing and [[visual]] [[hunting]], the approximately 160 species of chameleon range from Africa, Madagascar, Spain and Portugal, across south Asia, to Sri Lanka, have been introduced to Hawaii, California, and Florida, and are found in warm [[habitats]] that vary from rain forest to [[desert]] conditions. Chameleons are often kept as household pets.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chameleon]

[[Category: Zoology]]

[[Category: Zoology]]