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Word: Chimera
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek khimaira ‘she-goat or chimera’
kʌɪˈmɪərə
(in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
Short Definition:fire-breathing monster
a thing which is hoped for but is illusory or impossible to achieve
Short Definition:illusory thing
Examples:- the economic sovereignty you claim to defend is a chimera
an organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation
Short Definition:organism
Examples:- the sheeplike goat chimera
a cartilaginous marine fish with a long tail, an erect spine before the first dorsal fin, and typically a forward projection from the snout.
Short Definition:marine fish
- chimaera
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