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Cha⋅mae⋅le⋅on

[kuh-mee-lee-uhn, -meel-yuhn]
–noun, genitive -mae⋅le⋅on⋅tis [-mee-lee-on-tis] . Astronomy.
a small southern constellation between Musca and Hydrus.
Also, Chameleon.


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Cha·mae·leon also Cha·me·leon   (kə-mēl'yən, -mē'lē-ən)   
n.  A constellation in the southern polar region near Apus and Mensa.

[Latin chamaeleōn, chameleon; see chameleon.]
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