chimaera

Other forms: chimaeras

Definitions of chimaera
  1. noun
    a grotesque product of the imagination
    synonyms: chimera
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    type of:
    imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery
    the ability to form mental images of things or events
  2. noun
    a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail
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    types:
    Chimaera monstrosa, rabbitfish
    large European chimaera
    type of:
    holocephalan, holocephalian
    fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail
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