chimaeras

noun

Meaning

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
Alternative letter-case form of Chimera (a flame-spewing monster often represented as having two heads, one of a goat and the other of a lion; the body of a goat; and a serpent as a tail).
Any fantastic creature with parts from different animals.
Anything composed of very disparate parts.
A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.

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