What is the meaning of chimaera?

Noun

  • (n.) Chimera, Chimaera ((Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon)
  • (n.) chimera, chimaera (a grotesque product of the imagination)
  • (n.) chimaera (a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail).
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