Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anolis \A*no"lis\, n. [In the Antilles, anoli, anoalli, a
   lizard.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of lizards which belong to the family {Iguanid[ae]}.
   They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the
   Old, and in America are often called {chameleons}.