chimeras

We have found lemma(root) word of chimeras : chimera.

Definitions


[kɪˈmɪərə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail

- a thing which is hoped for but is illusory or impossible to achieve
(e.g: the economic sovereignty you claim to defend is a chimera)

- an organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation
(e.g: 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


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek khimaira ‘she-goat or chimera’




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