chamaeleon

Significado (Inglés)

1. (declension-3) chameleon (a kind of lizard)
2. (declension-3, feminine, sometimes) carline thistle

Conceptos

carlina

ajonjera

Traducciones

Silberdistel

carline

carline

carlina

zilverdistel

carlina

camaleão

Pronunciado como (IPA)

[kʰaˈmae̯.ɫe.oːn]

Etimología (Inglés)

From Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”); ultimately a calque from Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground", "predator that crawls upon the ground”).