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 | ||