chamæléon

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French

Noun

chamæléon m (plural chamæléons)

  1. Obsolete form of caméléon.
    • 1869, Nicolas Jean Baptiste Gaston Guibourt, Histoire Naturelle des Drouges Simples, page 34:
      J’y ai rappelé que le chamæléon blanc, trouvé par Belon dans l’ile de Crète, produisait une racine si odorante que la pièce où on la conserve en contracte une odeur de violette capable d’entêter.
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