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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: chimera (0.00969 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to chimera.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Chimera Chimera n 1: (Greek mythology) fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon [syn: Chimaera] 2: a grotesque product of the imagination [syn: chimaera]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Chimera Chimera \Chime"ra\, n.; pl. Chimeras. [L. chimaera a chimera (in sense 1), Gr. ? a she-goat, a chimera, fr. ? he-goat; cf. Icel. qymbr a yearling ewe.] 1. (Myth.) 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. “Dire chimeras and enchanted isles.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. --Burke. [1913 Webster]

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