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chimaera

Noun

∙ 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

Chimaera

Proper noun

∙ 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. Greek mythology

BABYLON ENGLISH
chimaera n.
mythological monster with a goat's body and a lion's head and a snake's tail; imaginary monster made up of inappropriate parts; delusion, wild illusion; person or organ comprised of tissues of different genetic constitution; type of deep-sea fish (having a cartilage skeleton, tapering body with smooth skin and tail resembling a whip)

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
chimaera

chimaera monstrosa

WORDNET 2.0
Chimaera
Noun
1. (Greek mythology) fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
(synonym) Chimera
(hypernym) mythical monster, mythical creature
(classification) Greek mythology
chimaera
Noun
1. a grotesque product of the imagination
(synonym) chimera
(hypernym) imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery
2. smooth-skinned deep-sea fish with a tapering body and long threadlike tail
(hypernym) holocephalan
(hyponym) rabbitfish, Chimaera monstrosa
(member-holonym) genus Chimaera

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Chimaera
Chimaeras are cartilaginous fishes in the order Chimaeriformes, known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish (not to be confused with the rattails), spookfish (not to be confused with the true spookfish of the family Opisthoproctidae), or rabbit fish (not to be confused with the true rabbitfishes of the family Siganidae).
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

chimaera

Noun

∙ 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

Chimaera

Proper noun

∙ 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. Greek mythology

BABYLON ENGLISH
chimaera n.
mythological monster with a goat's body and a lion's head and a snake's tail; imaginary monster made up of inappropriate parts; delusion, wild illusion; person or organ comprised of tissues of different genetic constitution; type of deep-sea fish (having a cartilage skeleton, tapering body with smooth skin and tail resembling a whip)

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
chimaera

chimaera monstrosa

WORDNET 2.0
Chimaera
Noun
1. (Greek mythology) fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
(synonym) Chimera
(hypernym) mythical monster, mythical creature
(classification) Greek mythology
chimaera
Noun
1. a grotesque product of the imagination
(synonym) chimera
(hypernym) imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery
2. smooth-skinned deep-sea fish with a tapering body and long threadlike tail
(hypernym) holocephalan
(hyponym) rabbitfish, Chimaera monstrosa
(member-holonym) genus Chimaera

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Chimaera
Chimaeras are cartilaginous fishes in the order Chimaeriformes, known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish (not to be confused with the rattails), spookfish (not to be confused with the true spookfish of the family Opisthoproctidae), or rabbit fish (not to be confused with the true rabbitfishes of the family Siganidae).
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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