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chimera

/kɪ-/ /kaɪˈmɪəɹə/

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Quimera

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 artist's sculpture was a fantastical chimera, with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a snake for a tail. "

La escultura del artista era una quimera fantástica, con una cabeza de león, un cuerpo de cabra y una serpiente como cola.

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Quimera

Any fantastic creature with parts from different animals.

Examples :

"The artist's sculpture was a strange chimera, with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a snake. "

La escultura del artista era una extraña quimera, con la cabeza de un león, el cuerpo de una cabra y la cola de una serpiente.

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Quimera, ilusión

Anything composed of very disparate parts.

Examples :

"The car which he built himself was a real chimera: half Volkswagen and half Porsche."

El coche que construyó él mismo era una verdadera quimera: mitad Volkswagen y mitad Porsche.

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Quimera, ilusión

A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.

Examples :

"Hoping to win the lottery was a chimera that distracted her from her real financial goals. "

Esperar ganar la lotería era una quimera que la distraía de sus verdaderos objetivos financieros.

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Quimera

A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.

Examples :

"The university building was decorated with several chimeras; stony monsters that watched over the campus, forever silent because they were just decorations, not gargoyles channeling rainwater. "

El edificio de la universidad estaba decorado con varias quimeras; monstruos pétreos que vigilaban el campus, para siempre silenciosos porque eran solo decoraciones, no gárgolas que canalizaban el agua de lluvia.

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Quimera

An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.

Examples :

"Because the child received a bone marrow transplant from her brother, she is considered a chimera, possessing some of his blood cells alongside her own. "

Debido a que la niña recibió un trasplante de médula ósea de su hermano, se la considera una quimera, ya que posee algunas de sus células sanguíneas junto con las suyas.

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Quimera, quimera (pez)

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 :

"While snorkeling in the deep ocean, the marine biologist was excited to spot a chimera with its distinctive blunt snout and long, whip-like tail. "

Mientras buceaba con esnórquel en el océano profundo, el biólogo marino se emocionó al avistar una quimera con su distintivo hocico romo y su larga cola en forma de látigo.

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