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1.nounA 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
2.nounAlternative 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).
3.nounAny fantastic creature with parts from different animals.
4.nounAnything composed of very disparate parts."The car which he built himself was a real chimera: half Volkswagen and half Porsche."
5.nounA foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
6.nounA grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
7.nounAn organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.
8.nounUsually chimaera: 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.