chimaera
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Noun (3)
- (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of TyphonSynonyms: ChimeraType of mythical monster, mythical creature
- a grotesque product of the imaginationSynonyms: chimeraType of imagination, imaging
- a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tailType of holocephalan, holocephalianKinds rabbitfish, Chimaera monstrosaMember of genus Chimaera
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Chi·mæ′ra noun
Origin: NL. See Chimera.
Zoology A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Chimaeriformes of the class Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.
Note: more information and an image is available at: Fishbase - chimaera.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors