Chimera

[kaɪ'mɪərə;kɪ-] or [kaɪ'mɪrə]

[kaɪ'mɪrə]

Definition

(noun.) a grotesque product of the imagination.

(noun.) (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon.

Editor: Whitney--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(n.) A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.

Typed by Lena

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Illusion, hallucination, delusion, fantasy, phantom, dream, idle fancy, creature of the imagination.

Typed by Lesley

Definition

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.

Checker: Rupert

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