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CHIMAERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chimaera" is a kind of...):
holocephalan; holocephalian (fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chimaera"):
Chimaera monstrosa; rabbitfish (large European chimaera)
Holonyms ("chimaera" is a member of...):
genus Chimaera (type genus of the Chimaeridae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A grotesque product of the imagination
Synonyms:
chimaera; chimera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("chimaera" is a kind of...):
imagery; imagination; imaging; mental imagery (the ability to form mental images of things or events)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
Synonyms:
Chimaera; Chimera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Chimaera" is a kind of...):
mythical creature; mythical monster (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
