noun Download 🔗Share Alternative letter-case form of Chimera (a flame-spewing monster often represented as having two heads, one of a goat and the other of a lion; the body of a goat; and a serpent as a tail). Examples : "The children drew colorful pictures of fantastical beasts, including dragons, unicorns, and fearsome chimeras with lion and goat heads. " mythology animal literature supernatural story character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any fantastic creature with parts from different animals. Examples : "In mythology, griffins and centaurs are examples of chimeras, as they combine features of different animals like eagles and lions, or humans and horses. " mythology animal literature supernatural Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Anything composed of very disparate parts. Examples : "The car which he built himself was a real chimera: half Volkswagen and half Porsche." part thing organism biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination. Examples : "Her dreams of becoming a famous astronaut by next week were simply chimeras, unrealistic and unattainable. " mind philosophy literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater. Examples : "The old building was decorated with stone chimeras, their strange faces staring down from the roof, much like gargoyles but without any water pipes. " architecture art mythology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes. Examples : "After the bone marrow transplant, the patient's blood cells became chimeras, containing genetic material from both themselves and the donor. " organism biology medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Usually chimaera: 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. Examples : "Marine biologists studying deep-sea ecosystems sometimes encounter rare and unusual fish, including the elusive chimeras with their distinctive long tails and blunt snouts. " fish animal ocean biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
