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Chimaera

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon.  Synonym: Chimera.
2.
A grotesque product of the imagination.  Synonym: chimera.
3.
A deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail.



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... perception they partake; and in many instances our idea seems to be no other than of the sound or letters of the word, that stands for the collective tribe, of which we are said to have an abstracted idea, as noun, verb, chimaera, apparition. ...
— Zoonomia, Vol. I - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin


Words linked to "Chimaera" :   mental imagery, imaging, mythical creature, holocephalian, imagery, Greek mythology, mythical monster, holocephalan, chimera, rabbitfish, imagination


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