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   Chi·me·ra

   /kīˈmirə/

   

   noun

   • 1. (in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
   • ▪ any mythical animal with parts taken from various animals.
   • 2. a thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve: "the economic sovereignty you claim to defend is a chimera"
   • 3. an organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation: "the sheeplike goat chimera"
   • ▪ a DNA molecule with sequences derived from two or more different organisms, formed by laboratory manipulation.
   • 4. a cartilaginous marine fish with a long tail, an erect spine before the first dorsal fin, and typically a forward projection from the snout.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Latin from Greek khimaira ‘she-goat or chimera’.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › chimeraChimera Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   1. a. capitalized : a fire-breathing she-monster in Greek mythology having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. b. : an imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts. 2. : an illusion or fabrication of the mind. especially : an unrealizable dream.

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   What exactly is a chimera?

   • The term "chimera" has come to describe any mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals, to describe anything composed of disparate parts or perceived as wildly imaginative, implausible, or dazzling. In other words, a chimera can be any hybrid creature.

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   What is a Chimera monster?

   • It was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of monsters like Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra . The term "chimera" has come to describe any mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals, to describe anything composed of disparate parts or perceived as wildly imaginative, implausible, or dazzling.

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   Where does the name Chimera come from?

   • The Chimera’s name comes from the Greek word chimaira, meaning “one-year-old animal” or, more specifically, “she-goat.” It is related to other Indo-European words for baby livestock, such as the Old Norse gymbr (“young sheep”). The name “Chimera” may also be related to the Greek cheimōn / cheima and the Indo-European ǵʰ-ei-m-, meaning “winter.”

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   What is a chimera in the Bible?

   • The Chimera was a hybrid monster, comprising parts of a lion, a goat, and a snake. The earliest description of the creature comes from Homer’s Iliad, where it is said that the Chimera was “in the fore part a lion, in the hinder a serpent, and in the midst a goat, breathing forth in terrible wise the might of blazing fire.”

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4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCHIMERA | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   a hope or dream that is very unlikely ever to come true: Is the ideal of banishing hunger throughout the world just a chimera? Why do people chase the chimera of fame? Synonyms. a figment of someone's imagination. illusion. mirage literary. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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   any grotesque monster having disparate parts, as depicted or described in art, legend, fantasy fiction, video games, etc. a strange, horrible, or impossible idea or figment of the imagination: He is far different from the chimera your fears have made of him. Without equality, unity is a chimera.

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chimera_(mythology)Chimera (mythology) - Wikipedia

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   The term "chimera" has come to describe any mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals, to describe anything composed of disparate parts or perceived as wildly imaginative, implausible, or dazzling. In other words, a chimera can be any hybrid creature.

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   a strange, horrible, or impossible idea or figment of the imagination: He is far different from the chimera your fears have made of him. Without equality, unity is a chimera. Synonyms: delusion, fantasy, dream. anything created by taking parts or aspects of different kinds of things and combining them:

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › chimeraCHIMERA | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   a hope or dream that is very unlikely ever to come true: Is the ideal of banishing hunger throughout the world just a chimera? Why do people chase the chimera of fame? Synonyms. a figment of someone's imagination. illusion. mirage literary. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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   Mar 22, 2023 · The Chimera, one of the terrifying offspring of Typhoeus and Echidna, was a hybrid monster made up of the body parts of a lion, a goat, and a snake. Many sources claimed that it also breathed fire.