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.