#226 chameleon

chameleon- a lizard with long slender legs,...and the ability to change colour; a changeable or fickle person

- C14 from Latin chamaeleon, from Greek khamaileon, from khamai on the ground + leon- lion

The ordinary color of the chameleon is a pale olive-green.

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