chimaera – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
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)
Chimaera
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
chimaera (de)
n.
chimera, mythological monster with a goat's body and a lion's head
Chimaera
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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