camlen.
Obsolete.
Cf. chameleon n. and camelion n.
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c1400 Mandeville's Trav. 289 There ben also in that contree manye Camles that is a lytille best as a goot, that is wylde, & he lyvethe be the Eyr, and etethe nought ne drynkethe nought.
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