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English noun: Chimaera | |||
| 1. | Chimaera (person) (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 | Chimera | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mythical creature, mythical monster | ||
| Domain category | Greek mythology | ||
| 2. | chimaera (cognition) a grotesque product of the imagination | ||
| Synonyms | chimera | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery | ||
| 3. | chimaera (animal) a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | holocephalan, holocephalian | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Chimaera monstrosa, rabbitfish | ||
| Member meronym | genus Chimaera | ||
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