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n. - (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail.

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Usage examples (37)
  • Noun, : He is far different from the chimera your fears have made of him
  • In a mere 18 hours they transformed a TVR chimaera (interesting choice since a chimaera is a mythological creature composed of parts of a number of animals) into...
  • A chimaera is a chimaera.
  • "There are many chimaera that walk the Worlds In Between, m'lord," he said.
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