chamæleon

See also: chamaeleon, Chamaeleon, Chamäleon, and chamæléon

English

Noun

chamæleon (plural chamæleons)

  1. Archaic spelling of chameleon.
    • 1570, George Buchanan, Chamæleon, page 51:
      The Chamæleon…eftir sum dubitatioun come to Striueling.

French

Noun

chamæleon m (plural chamæleons)

  1. obsolete form of caméléon
    • 1682, Laurent d’Houry, Description Anatomique de Divers Animaux Diſſequez dans l’Academie Royale des Sciences‎[1], page 8:
      Cette particularité qu’Ariſtote a remarquée,nous fit penſer à ce que Theophraſte dit du poumon du Chamæleon , à ſçavoir qu’il s’étend par tout ſon corps.
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