CHIMAERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chimaera mean? 

• CHIMAERA (noun)
  The noun CHIMAERA has 3 senses:

1. (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

2. a grotesque product of the imagination

3. a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail

  Familiarity information: CHIMAERA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIMAERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Chimaera; Chimera

Hypernyms ("Chimaera" is a kind of...):

mythical creature; mythical monster (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A grotesque product of the imagination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

chimaera; chimera

Hypernyms ("chimaera" is a kind of...):

imagery; imagination; imaging; mental imagery (the ability to form mental images of things or events)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("chimaera" is a kind of...):

holocephalan; holocephalian (fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chimaera"):

Chimaera monstrosa; rabbitfish (large European chimaera)

Holonyms ("chimaera" is a member of...):

genus Chimaera (type genus of the Chimaeridae)