chimaera

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see also: Chimaera

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Noun

chimaera (plural chimaeras)

1. Alternative spelling of chimera
2. 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

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Chimaera

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɨˈmɪəɹə/, /kaɪˈmɪəɹə/

Proper noun

1. (Greek mythology) One of the many fantastical offspring (fe. Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra) of Typhon and Echidna, a multi-headed monster often represented as vomiting flames with the head of a lion, the body (and additional head) of a goat, and a serpent for a tail. Killed by the hero Bellerophon in Lycea.

Translations

• Russian: химе́ра

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