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chamaeleonid

chamaeleonid noun: any lizard of the family Chamaeleonidae; a chameleon.

chamaeleonid: any lizard of the family Chamaeleonidae; a chameleon
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Noun

chamaeleonid (plural chamaeleonids)

  1. Any lizard of the family Chamaeleonidae; a chameleon.
    • Chamaeleonids have carried the trend further; nearly all species have lost or greatly reduced vomeronasal and olfactory systems [Parsons, 1970; Gabe and Saint Girons, 1976] and rely, instead, on vision.1993, S. Karger, Brain, Behavior and Evolution, volume 41, page 133
    • Iguanids apparently were isolated in Africa by epicontinental seas and gave rise to chamaeleonids in the west and agamids in the east; the scincomorphs radiated in Laurussia, giving rise to the teiids in North America and lacertids in Europe.2007, Thomas T. Veblen, Kenneth R. Young, Antony R. Orme, editors, The Physical Geography of South America, page 119

Forms of chamaeleonid

pluralchamaeleonids

Questions about chamaeleonid

What does chamaeleonid mean?
Chamaeleonid means any lizard of the family Chamaeleonidae; a chameleon.
What part of speech is chamaeleonid?
Chamaeleonid is a noun.
What is the plural of chamaeleonid?
The plural of chamaeleonid is chamaeleonids.

Words near chamaeleonid in the dictionary

  1. Chamacocos
  2. chamade
  3. chamades
  4. chamaedoroid
  5. chamaeleon
  6. chamaeleonid
  7. chamaeleonids
  8. chamaeleons
  9. chamaeleontid
  10. chamaeleontids
  11. chamaeleontiform

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