chimera English

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chimera Noun

— A fabulous creature with parts from different animals. Can be spelt chimera or chimaera. A griffin is a chimaera with the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.

— a chimera is an organism with genetically different cells, for example, cells from two different zygotes.

— DNA or DNA products which have been put together from different genes or different organisms.

— Chimaera, a cartilaginous marine fish in the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin. The Axolotl is a chimera because its body has both larval and adult tissues.

chimera

— noun a grotesque product of the imagination

Chimera

— 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

Synonyms chimera synonyms

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chimaera

mirage

fancy

vain imagination

vain fancy

utopia

reverie

mosaic

illusion

ideology

hallucination

figment

fantasy

fantasize

delusion

daydream

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Topics chimera topics

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Universe, creation Animal Types of animals

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