English noun: Chimera | |||
1. | Chimera (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 | Chimaera | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mythical creature, mythical monster | ||
Domain category | Greek mythology | ||
2. | chimera (cognition) a grotesque product of the imagination | ||
Synonyms | chimaera | ||
Broader (hypernym) | imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery | ||