Chimaera
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of chimera. alt-of, alternative
- 2 a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail wordnet
- 3 A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin
- 4 a grotesque product of the imagination wordnet
- 5 (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon wordnet
- 1 Alternative form of Chimera. alt-of, alternative, dated
"CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly..."
Example
More examples"CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly..."
Etymology
As a mythological beast, a variant of earlier Chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera. As a placename, directly from Latin Chimaera.
A variant of chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera.
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