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Chamaeleon

Syllabification: (Cha·mae·le·on)
Astronomy
Definition of Chamaeleon
  • a small and faint southern constellation (the Chameleon), close to the south celestial pole.
  • (as genitive Chamaeleontis /kəˌmēlēˈäntis/) used with a preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation:the star Delta Chamaeleontis

Origin:

from Greek

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