Chimera

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An organism, organ, or part consisting of two or more tissues of different genetic composition, produced as a result of organ transplant, grafting, or genetic engineering.
  • n. A substance, such as an antibody, created from the proteins or genes or two different species.
  • n. An individual who has received a transplant of genetically and immunologically different tissue.
  • n. A fanciful mental illusion or fabrication.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Chimera, or any fabulous creature with parts from different animals.
  • n. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.
  • n. An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two zygotes.
  • n. A gargoyle (fictional winged creature)
  • n. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
  • n. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Greek myth, a fire-breathing monster, the fore part of whose body, according to the Iliad, was that of a lion, the middle that of a goat, and the hinder that of a dragon, or which, according to Hesiod, had three heads, one of each of these animals: supposed by the ancients to represent a volcanic mountain of that name in Lycia, the top of which was said to be the resort of lions, the middle that of goats, and the foot that of serpents.
  • n. Henceā€” In ornamental art, etc., a fantastic assemblage of animal forms so combined as to produce a single complete but unnatural design.
  • n. An absurd or impossible creature of the imagination; a vain or idle fancy; a fantastic conceit.
  • n. Same as chimere.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a grotesque product of the imagination
  • n. (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
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    chimaera    figment    phantasm    sphinx    hallucination    griffin    aberration