Chamaeleon
Хамелеон
Chamäleon
A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, imagined to resemble a…A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, imagined to resemble a chameleon, which lies south of the constellations Carina and Musca.
Meaning
1 sensesA small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, imagined to resemble a chameleon, which lies south of the constellations Carina and Musca.
Chamäleon
ХамелеонXameleon
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky:
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin chamaeleon (“chamaeleon”), from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamLearned borrowing from Latin chamaeleon (“chamaeleon”), from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn). Doublet of chameleon. Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597.
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