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Alternative spellings
chimaera

Etymology
From AGr. �ίμαι�α. The fabulous monster in Lycea (with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail), supposedly personification of snow or winter, orig. "year-old she-goat", from �είμα cheima "winter season". Meaning "wild fantasy" first recorded 1587.

Pronunciation
US: IPA|/kaɪ�m�ɹ�/

Noun
en-noun

1. greekmyth A mythical monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
2. genetics An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two zygotes.
3. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.
4. architecture A gargoyle that does not work as a waterspout.

Derived terms
chimeric
chimerism
tetragametic chimera
Chimera: the name of one of the ships of �neas

Translations
trans-top|mythical monster
Finnish: khimaira
French: chimère
Greek: �ίμαι�α (khimera) f
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Russian: �име�а /�im'éra/ f
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trans-top|organism with cells from two zygotes
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trans-top|organism with cells from two zygotes
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Russian: �име�а /�im'éra/ f
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See also
Chimaera
Appendix:Architectural glossary

Category:Mythological creatures

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