Chamaeleon

[ kuh-mee-lee-uhn, -meel-yuhn ]

noun

, Astronomy.

, genitive Cha·mae·le·on·tis [k, uh, -mee-lee-, on, -tis].

1. a small southern constellation between Musca and Hydrus.

Chamaeleon

/ kəˈmiːlɪən /

noun

1. a faint constellation lying between Volans and the South celestial pole

Word History and Origins

Origin of Chamaeleon¹

From Latin

Example Sentences

The star is among the most massive and brightest in the Chamaeleon Complex, a nebula some 500 light-years away.

From National Geographic

Its name is HD 97300 and it’s one of the youngest—but also the most massive and brightest—stars in the Chamaeleon Complex, a cloudy incubator of stars 500 light-years away.

From Time

The chief genus is Chamaeleon, containing most of the fifty to sixty species of the whole group, and with the most extensive range, all through Africa and Madagascar into Arabia, southern India and Ceylon.

From Project Gutenberg

Chamaeleon Heracleotes, who wrote upon the subject, has been lost in the general wreck of ancient literature.

From Project Gutenberg

The star is among the most massive and brightest in the Chamaeleon Complex, a nebula some 500 light-years away.

From National Geographic