chimaera

Meanings

1. 1
   noun 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
2. 2
   noun 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).
3. 3
   noun Any fantastic creature with parts from different animals.
4. 4
   noun Anything composed of very disparate parts.
5. 5
   noun A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
6. 6
   noun A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
7. 7
   noun An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.
8. 8
   noun Usually 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.