Definition of chimera Chimera

/ʧɪmɛˈɹʌ/ - [chimeru] - chi•me•ra

We found 14 definitions of chimera from 6 different sources.

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chimaera - /t‍ʃˈɪme‍əɹɐ/

chimera - /ʧɪmɛˈɹʌ/

Noun Plural: chimeras
chimera - a grotesque product of the imagination
		chimaera
		imagery, mental imagery, imaging, imagination (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
chimera - (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
		Chimaera
		mythical creature, mythical monster a monster renowned in folklore and myth
		greek mythology the mythology of the ancient Greeks

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chimera (Noun)
Chimera, or any fantastic creature with parts from different animals.
chimera (Noun)
A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.
chimera (Noun)
An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two zygotes.
chimera (Noun)
A gargoyle.
chimera (Noun)
Usually chimaera 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 .

chimera (n.)
A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
chimera (n.)
A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.

chimera
An organism with at least two genetically distinct types of cells.
chimera
An impossible or foolish fantasy or project.
chimera
A creature in Greek mythology composed of the parts of a lioness, a snake, and a goat.

chimera
Chimæra, ki-mē′ra, n. a fabulous, fire-spouting monster, with a lion's head, a serpent's tail, and a goat's body: any idle or wild fancy: a picture of an animal having its parts made up of various animals: a genus of cartilaginous fishes, often ranked along with the sharks and rays.—adjs. Chimer′ic, -al, of the nature of a chimera: wild: fanciful.—adv. Chimer′ically. [L.,—Gr. chimaira, a she-goat.]