Chimera

Noun

 * 1)  Chimera, or any fabulous creature with parts from different animals.
 * 2) A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.
 * 3)  An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two zygotes.
 * 4)  A gargoyle that does not work as a waterspout.
 * 5) (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.

Synonyms

 * ghost shark, ratfish, rabbitfish

Derived terms

 * chimeral
 * chimeric
 * chimerism
 * tetragametic chimera
 * Chimera: the name of one of the ships of Æneas

Thesaurus
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