chameleon
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/kəˈmiːljən/
English
Definitions
noun
- A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
- A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.
- A hypothetical scalar particle with a non-linear self-interaction, giving it an effective mass that depends on its environment: the presence of other fields.
adjective
- Describing something that changes color.“The wall was covered with a chameleon paint.”
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chamaeleonanolespongeshape-shifterloofahtowelchamæleoncameleonchamaeleonidchameleonidchamaeleontidchamaeleontiformchlamyphorechelonianchelyidchelid