Chimäre — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Chimera noun An organism, plan, or idea made up of very different or clashing parts, especially one that is unrealistic.
Senses
Chimäre is used for these senses in English:
- Chimera (Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.
- chimera (figurative) A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
- chimera (genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.
- chimerical Of or pertaining to a chimera.