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Fairly fickle fellow
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chameleon
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Chameleons or chamaeleons ( family Chamaeleonidae ) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 202 species described as of June 2015. These species come in a range of colors, and many species have the ability to change colors. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., camelion , from Old French caméléon , from Latin chamaeleon , from Greek khamaileon "the chameleon," from khamai "on the ground" (also "dwarf"), akin to chthon "earth" (see chthonic ) + leon "lion" (see lion ). Perhaps the large head-crest on ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Describing something that changes color. n. 1 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. 2 A person with inconstant behavior; one able to ...
Usage examples of chameleon.
You could put Capers next to a chameleon and Capers would be the one to change colors.
The man who intends to make his fortune in this ancient capital of the world must be a chameleon susceptible of reflecting all the colours of the atmosphere that surrounds him--a Proteus apt to assume every form, every shape.
Tonight, The Shadow had learned the innermost secrets of the strange doings which concerned five men in Middletown - The Five Chameleons.
CHAPTER XXV JUSTICE WINS ALL Middletown was amazed by the revelations that followed the end of the Five Chameleons.
As to the fauna, it might be counted by thousands of crustacea of all sorts, lobsters, crabs, spider-crabs, chameleon shrimps, and a large number of shells, rockfish, and limpets.
Chameleon and I were youthened by sixty years, and there was surely reason for that.
My Shifu told me that their kungfu is like a chameleon, constantly changing, full of surprises.
It was dark purplish blue in the early light, but as Vicky watched in awe, it changed colour like some gargantuan chameleon, becoming gilded with bright sun colours and beginning at the same time to recede swiftly, until it was a pale wraith that dissolved into the first dancing heat mirages of the desert -day, and she felt the sultry puff of the rising wind.
He projected his preloaded situation map onto the inside of the chameleon shield of his helmet.
Marines in their chameleon uniforms and everything they were taking packed for landing.
The chameleon uniform would provide some protection from it, unless it was acidic enough to eat through the fabric.
Everybody, chameleon shields in place, shirt necks closed, sleeves down and cuffs tight, gloves on.
Kerr and Schultz glanced toward each other, their eyes glittering unseen behind their chameleon shields.
He raised his chameleon shield so the others could see his face and kept brushing at the edges of the visible ridge, lengthening the exposed area.
Their normal combat uniform was chameleon, made of material that mimicked the color and pattern of whatever it was closest to--a combat-ready Marine was effectively invisible.