chimaera Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
    Chimera.
  2. noun a grotesque product of the imagination
    chimera.
  3. noun a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail

WordNet

Chi*mæ"ra noun (Also<
  • Chimaera
  • Chimæra
)
Etymology
NL. See Chimera.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.

Webster 1913