(Chimera, Chimaera) in Greek mythology, a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail
an organism with tissues from various genetic sources
(Chimera, Chimaera) in Greek mythology, a fire-breathing female monster that had a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail
an imaginary monster made up of incongruous parts
an illusion or fabrication of the mind, esp an unrealizable dream
There is no chimera vainer than the hope that one human heart shall find sympathy in another — Edward Bulwer-Lytton
a terror that exists only in the mind
an individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution, occurring esp in plants and most frequently at a graft union
chimeric /kiʹmerik, kie-/ adj
chimerical /kiʹmerikl, kie-/ adj
chimerically /kiʹmerikli, kie-/ adv
[Latin chimaera from Greek chimaira she-goat, chimera]