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Chameleon

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(ground lion). A species of lizard, arboreal in habit. But the word thus translated implies a frog (Lev. 11:30³⁰And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (Leviticus 11:30)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The Hebrew word is koach (Lev. 11:30³⁰And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (Leviticus 11:30)), and is thought to refer to a species of lizard. There are chameleons in Palestine, but they are unfit for food, whereas the lizards are eaten. The lizard was classed among the unclean animals

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Chameleon