Chameleon (disambiguation)
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A chameleon
is an Old World lizard belonging to the family Chamaeleonidae.
Chameleon may also refer to:
Chameleon
Chameleons are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of lizards. They are distinguished by their parrot-like zygodactylous feet, their separately mobile and stereoscopic eyes, their very long, highly modified, and rapidly extrudable tongues, their swaying gait, the possession by many of a...
is an Old World lizard belonging to the family Chamaeleonidae.
Chameleon may also refer to:
Science and philosophy
- PolychrotidaePolychrotidaePolychrotidae is a family of lizards commonly known as anoles . NCBI places the anole in subfamily Polychrotinae of the family Iguanidae. Four genera are common: Anolis, Norops, Phenacosaurus, and Polychrus....
, a family of lizards often incorrectly called chameleons - ChamaeleonChamaeleonChamaeleon is a small constellation in the southern sky. It is named after the chameleon, a form of lizard. It was first defined in the sixteenth century.-History:...
, a constellation - Chameleon (flower), a winter hardy marginal plant
- Chamaeleon (philosopher)Chamaeleon (philosopher)Chamaeleon , was a Peripatetic philosopher of Heraclea Pontica. He was one of the immediate disciples of Aristotle...
, Ancient Greek philosopher - Chameleon particleChameleon particleThe "chameleon" is a postulated scalar particle with a non-linear self-interaction which gives the particle an effective mass that depends on its environment: the presence of other fields. It would have a small mass in much of intergalactic space, but a large mass in terrestrial experiments, making...
, a hypothetical elementary particle - Cameleon (protein), an artificial protein
Music
- Chameleon, a 1980 album by singer Tiny TimTiny Tim (musician)Tiny Tim , , born in Manhattan, was an American singer and ukulele player. He was most famous for his rendition of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" sung in a distinctive high falsetto/vibrato voice.-Rise to fame:Born to Lebanese parents in 1932, Khaury displayed musical talent at a very young age...
- Chameleon (Helloween album), 1993
- Chameleon (Labelle album)Chameleon (Labelle album)Chameleon is the sixth album by American singing trio Labelle. Though Patti LaBelle's autobiography Don't Block The Blessings revealed that LaBelle planned a follow-up to Chameleon entitled Shaman, the album never materialized. The trio would not release another new recording until 2008's Back to Now...
, or the title song - Chameleon (Margaret Berger album), 2004
- Chameleon (Maynard Ferguson album)Chameleon (Maynard Ferguson album)Chameleon is a 1974 big band jazz album by Maynard Ferguson. It features cover versions of many songs that were popular in the years leading up to its production, including: ""Jet"" by Paul McCartney, ""The Way We Were"" –which was popularized by Barbra Streisand, and "Livin’ For the City" by...
, 1974 - Chameleon (The Four Seasons album)Chameleon (The Four Seasons album)Chameleon is a 1972 album by The Four Seasons notable for being their only album recorded for Motown. The album met with limited success in the US; no single was even issued from the album in America. "The Night", however, met with success in the UK and peaked at No...
, 1972 - Chameleon (label)Chameleon (label)Chameleon was a record label formed by industry veterans Andy Frances and Steve Powers, and was funded by Dan Protzker.Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz was an employee and Chameleon had distributed some early Epitaph releases, such as L7's self-titled debut.In the first years of the label's...
, a record label - Chameleon (composition)Chameleon (composition)"Chameleon" is a jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock in collaboration with Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson and Harvey Mason, all of whom also performed the original 15'44" version on the 1973 landmark album Head Hunters featuring solos by Hancock and Maupin....
, a jazz standard by Herbie Hancock - ChameleoneChameleoneJoseph Mayanja known for his stage name Jose Chameleon, Joe Chameleon, Jose Chameleone, or just Chameleone is a ragga musician from Uganda. He mainly sings in Luganda, English and Swahili...
(born 1979), Ugandan musician - "Chameleon", a song on Elton John's 1976 album Blue MovesBlue MovesBlue Moves is the eleventh studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1976. It was also his second double album , and his first album released by his own Rocket Records Ltd...
Bands
- Chameleon (American band)Chameleon (American band)Chameleon is a late 1970s/early 1980s American rock band founded by Charlie Adams. Chameleon made Billboard charts and was renowned for Adams’ two-axis revolving, upside-down drum set, which he played in live concerts and on MTV. The band toured extensively performing up to 260 shows a year...
, a 1970s American band - Chameleon (Anglo-Canadian Band), country-rock quartet formed in 1975
- Chameleon (British band)Chameleon (British band)Chameleon was a vocal group founded in 1989 by Ivor Novello Award-winning composer Nigel Hess, and featuring former Swingle Singers member Olive Simpson , Lindsay John , Jeremy Taylor , Michael Dore and David Beavan...
, a British vocal group founded in 1989 by Nigel Hess - The ChameleonsThe ChameleonsThe Chameleons were an English post-punk band that formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England in 1981. They consisted of singer and bassist Mark Burgess, guitarist Reg Smithies, guitarist Dave Fielding, and drummer John Lever...
, a UK post-punk band
Film and television
- Chameleon (film), a 1998 television film, broadcast on UPN
- Chameleon II: Death MatchChameleon II: Death MatchChameleon II: Death Match is a UPN science fiction television movie that was broadcast in 1999.It stars Bobbie Phillips as Kam....
, a 1999 television film - Chameleon 3: Dark AngelChameleon 3: Dark AngelChameleon 3: Dark Angel is a UPN science fiction television movie that was broadcast in 2000.It stars Bobbie Phillips as Kam....
, a 2000 television film
- Chameleon II: Death Match
- The Chameleon (film)The Chameleon (film)The Chameleon is a 2010 film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé. The screenplay by Natalie Carter is based upon the true story of Frédéric Bourdin who impersonated a missing child named Nicholas Barclay in San Antonio, Texas in the 1990s...
, 2010 film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé - "Chameleon" (The Twilight Zone)Chameleon (The Twilight Zone)"Chameleon" is the third and final segment of the second episode of the first season of the television series The New Twilight Zone.-Synopsis:...
, an episode of The New Twilight Zone - "Chameleon" (Xiaolin Showdown), an episode of Xiaolin Showdown
- "The Chameleon" (The Outer Limits), an episode from the 1963 series The Outer Limits
- Chameleon (Battlestar Galactica)Chameleon (Battlestar Galactica)Chameleon is a character from the television series Battlestar Galactica, appearing in the installment "The Man With Nine Lives." He was an older gentleman, well versed in the art of flattery and misdirection, which he used to con unsuspecting Colonists out of the things he needed to survive...
, a character from the television series Battlestar Galactica - Chameleon, a TV advertTelevision advertisementA television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
for soft drink TizerTizerTizer is a red-coloured soft drink sold in the United Kingdom. The name originally comes from the phrase 'Tizer the Appetizer'. It was launched in 1924 by Fred Pickup of Manchester when it was known as 'Pickup's Appetizer'. After the death of Pickup it was owned by the Armour Trust before being...
, first aired on British television in 2004.
Other arts
- Chameleon (comics)Chameleon (comics)The Chameleon is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #1 , and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko; the Chameleon is the first member of Spider-Man's rogues' gallery, based on issue...
, a fictional Marvel Comics super villain - Chameleon Boy, or Reep Daggle, a fictional DC Comics superhero sometimes known as "Chameleon"
- Chameleon (Mortal Kombat), a character in the Mortal Kombat video game series
- Khameleon, a similar (but female) a character in the Mortal Kombat video game series
- Chameleon (Dungeons & Dragons), a prestige class in Dungeons & Dragons
- Chameleon (book)Chameleon (book)Chameleon is a financial thriller novel written by Richard Hains set during the subprime mortgage crisis.- Awards :A finalist for the National Book Award in the Mystery category.A copy of it was recognized by the Guiness world records as the smallest book....
, a financial thriller novel written by Richard Hains set during thesubprime mortgage crisis - Chameleon (manga)Chameleon (manga)is a Japanese manga series created by Atsushi Kase which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine between 1990 and 1999; forty-seven bound volumes were released. The manga won the twenty-third round of the Kodansha Manga Award in 1999 for shōnen manga, beating out titles such as One...
, a Japanese manga series - Chameleon, fictional character from The family of Ebnez from Piers Anthony's Xanth book series
- Chameleon: To Dye For!Chameleon: To Dye For!Chameleon: To Dye For! is a puzzle video game released for the PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo DS. It released under the name Chameleon in North America for the PSP and under the name Kameleon for all systems in Europe. This game offers players simple controls and competitive play in the...
, a 2008 video game by Starfish SD, also known as Chameleon - Chameleon TwistChameleon TwistChameleon Twist is a platformer developed by Japan System Supply and published for the Nintendo 64 in 1997 by Sunsoft....
, a 1997 Nintendo 64 video game - Cammie Morgan, the proganist of the Gallagher Girls, whose codename is the chameleon
- The Chameleon ClubThe Chameleon ClubThe Chameleon Club is a music venue located in the historic downtown area of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.-History:Founded by Rich Ruoff and Alexandra Brown in 1985 it was originally located in the back room of a prominent fine dining restaurant called Tom Paine's...
, music venue in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Computing
- Chameleon (computing)Chameleon (computing)Chameleon is a computer workstation design produced at ETH Zurich running the Oberon operating system.It was also the name of an older luggable computer from the early 1980s, distinguished by being able to run both the MS-DOS and CP/M-80 operating systems....
, a computer workstation - Chameleon (GIS)Chameleon (GIS)Chameleon is an open source, distributed, highly configurable, environment for developing Web Mapping applications. It is built on MapServer as the core mapping engine and works with all MapServer supported data formats...
, a web mapping application development kit - Cameleon, a software suite developed by Access CommerceAccess CommerceAccess Commerce is an international provider of E-Commerce and Configurator software with global annual revenue of €11.07 million as of 2007. It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a Software Suite called Cameleon...
- Cameleon (software)Cameleon (software)Cameleon is an Integrated development environment , created by Maxence Guesdon, Pierre-Yves Strub and Jean-Baptiste Rouquier. Cameleon is aimed at becoming an IDE for Objective Caml as well as other programming languages....
, integrated development environment for the Objective Caml programming language - Chameleon (boot loader), a boot loader specifically designed to boot Mac OS X on non Apple hardware
- K-MeleonK-MeleonK-Meleon is a web browser for the Microsoft Windows platform. Based on the same Gecko layout engine as Mozilla Firefox, K-Meleon uses native Windows application programming interface to create the user interface, instead of using Mozilla's cross-platform XML User Interface Language layer, and as...
, web browser - NetManageNetManageNetManage Inc. was a software company based in Cupertino, California, founded in 1990 by Zvi Alon, an Israeli engineer . The company’s development centre was located at the MATAM technology park, in Haifa, Israel...
Chameleon, a suite of TCP/IP client applications