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GENUS CHAMAELEO

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Chamaeleontidae

Synonyms:

Chamaeleo; genus Chamaeleo; genus Chamaeleon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Chamaeleo" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Chamaeleo"):

African chameleon; Chamaeleo chamaeleon (a chameleon found in Africa)

Chamaeleo oweni; horned chameleon (a kind of chameleon)

Holonyms ("genus Chamaeleo" is a member of...):

Chamaeleonidae; Chamaeleontidae; family Chamaeleonidae; family Chamaeleontidae; family Rhiptoglossa; Rhiptoglossa (Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria)

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