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CHIMAERA
chimaera
(noun) a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail
chimera, chimaera
(noun) a grotesque product of the imagination
Chimera, Chimaera
(noun) (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion’s head and a goat’s body and a serpent’s tail; daughter of Typhon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Chimaera
(Greek mythology) One of the many fantastical offspring (fe. Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra) of Typhon and Echidna, a multi-headed monster often represented as vomiting flames with the head of a lion, the body (and additional head) of a goat, and a serpent for a tail. Killed by the hero Bellerophon in Lycea.
Noun
chimaera (plural chimaeras)
Alternative spelling of chimera
A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin
Source: Wiktionary
Chi*mæ"ra, n. Etym: [NL. See Chimera.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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