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n. - Any of various tropical Old World lizards of a particular family, marked by their ability to change color. Someone who changes one's ideas, behaviour etc to fit different situations.

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  • He believes that we mimic what we see and become chameleons, ever changing in the speeding media we call the world.
  • One of the most unusual studies we encountered has to do with what we call the chameleon effect.
  • HRG must have known that the chameleon was his wife.
  • The ordinary color of the chameleon is a pale olive-green.
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