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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANO'LE, n. A species of lizard in the W. Indies, of a yellowish color, having several blue and green stripes running down its back.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color [syn: American chameleon, anole, Anolis carolinensis]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably from French anolis, from Arawak of the Lesser Antilles Date: circa 1753 any of a genus (Anolis) of arboreal American lizards (as the American chameleon) of the iguana family that have a brightly colored dewlap and the ability to change color