chameleon
That changes or modifies its colorThat changes or modifies its color.
» The chameleon died due to hunger.
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1 senses(not comparable)That changes or modifies its color.
The wall was covered with a chameleon paint.
Examples
16 sentencesThe chameleon died due to hunger.
The chameleon can take on any color.
deDas Chamäleon kann jede beliebige Farbe annehmen. — MUIRIEL
The chameleon can change its skin color.
ruХамелеон может менять цвет своей кожи. — Selena777
deDas Chamäleon kann seine Hautfarbe ändern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Both squids and chameleons can change color.
deSowohl Tintenfische als auch Chamäleons können ihre Farbe ändern. — Yorwba
Both squids and chameleons can color change.
deSowohl Tintenfische als auch Chamäleons können ihre Farbe ändern. — Yorwba
Origin
From Middle English camelion, from Old French cameleon, from Latin chamaeleon, from AncienFrom Middle English camelion, from Old French cameleon, from Latin chamaeleon, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”); ultimately a calque from Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground", "predator that crawls upon the ground”). The spelling was re-Latinized in the early 18th century. The physics sense was coined by Justin Khoury and Amanda Weltman in 2003 in a paper in Physical Review Letters.
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