Found 2 items, similar to Chimaera.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Chimaera
Chimaera
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:
Chimera]
2: a grotesque product of the imagination [syn:
chimera]
3: smooth-skinned deep-sea fish with a tapering body and long
threadlike tail
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Chimaera
Chimaera
\Chi*m[ae]"ra\, n. [NL. See
Chimera.] (Zo["o]l.)
A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the
order
Chimaeriformes of the class Holocephali. The teeth
are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and
the tail terminates in a point.
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