chi·me·ra
chi·me·ra/kīˈmirə,kəˈmirə/
noun
- (in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
- a thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve."the economic sovereignty you claim to defend is a chimera"synonyms: illusion, fantasy, delusion, dream, fancy, figment of the imagination, will-o'-the-wisp, phantom, mirage, ignis fatuus
- an organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation."the sheeplike goat chimera"
- a cartilaginous marine fish with a long tail, an erect spine before the first dorsal fin, and typically a forward projection from the snout.
Chimera
Mythical creature
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According to Greek mythology, the Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimæra was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature from Lycia, Asia Minor, composed of different animal parts. Wikipedia
Offspring: Nemean Lion, Sphinx
Parents: Typhon and Echidna
Siblings: Lernaean Hydra, Orthrus, Cerberus
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