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/kīˈmi(ə)rə/,/kə-/,
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chimeras, plural;
  1. (in Greek mythology) A fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail

  2. Any mythical animal with parts taken from various animals

  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. A DNA molecule with sequences derived from two or more different organisms, formed by laboratory manipulation

  6. A cartilaginous marine fish with a long tail, an erect spine before the first dorsal fin, and typically a forward projection from the snout

  1. (chimera) (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. (chimera) a grotesque product of the imagination
  3. (chimeric) being or relating to or like a chimera; "his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush
  4. Chimeras (sub-titled A Child’s Adventures in the Realms of the Unreal) is an album of contemporary classical music by American composer John Zorn featuring a 12 part piece inspired by Arnold Schoenberg's atonal composition "Pierrot Lunaire". ...
  5. , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution. ...
  6. (Chimera (architecture)) Used in describing an architectural feature, chimera means a fantastic, mythical or grotesque figure used for decorative purposes. Chimera are often described as gargoyles. ...
  7. (Chimera (Aria album)) Chimera is Aria's eighth studio album, and the last to feature vocalist Valery Kipelov.
  8. (Chimera (band)) Chimera were a Northern Irish alternative band that saw brief, but notable fame in the mid-nineties. They have been frequently compared to the Sundays, Cocteau Twins and the Cranberries.
  9. (Chimera (CrossGen)) Chimera is an American comic book published by CrossGen Entertainment from March to July 2003. It is a mini-series that ran for four issues. Chimera is most notable for its artwork. ...
  10. (Chimera) A mythical monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon
  11. Chimera, or any fabulous creature with parts from different animals; A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author; An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two zygotes; A gargoyle (fictional winged creature); A ...
  12. (Chimera) A human embryo into which at least one cell of any non-human life form has been introduced, or an embryo consisting of cells from more than one human embryo, foetus or human being.
  13. (Chimera (pl. chimaera)) An organism that contains cells or tissues with a different genotype. These can be mutated cells of the host organism or cells from a different organism or species.
  14. (CHIMERA) an individual containing cells of two or more different tissues.
  15. (Chimera) an individual composed of cells from two different zygotes. In humans, blood group chimeras result from exchange of hematopoietic stem cells by dizygotic twins in utero; dispermic chimeras, which are very rare, result from fusion of two zygotes into one individual. ...
  16. (Chimera) An animal formed from two different animals, that is from two different embryonic sources. In mouse genetics, targeted mutations produced in embryonic stem cells are recovered by breeding chimeric mice resulting from the mixture of ES cells with a genetically-distinct blastocyst. ...
  17. (CHIMERA) An animal with characteristics of both genders (or in mythology, one that has the characteristics of different species such as a fire-breathing combination of snake, lion, and goat. ...
  18. (Chimera) A plant with several tissue sectors or layers differing in genetic or chromosomal constitution from the original plant.
  19. (Chimera) An animal composed of tissues of more than one genetic origin. This is usually accomplished by injecting cells from one animal into the egg of another. This can give rise to animals with different colors, etc., on parts of its body. ...
  20. (Chimera) Bioconstruct made by weapons engineers of the KHE combining optimal biological and mechanical attributes to form the ultimate killing machine. ...
  21. (Chimera) Imaginary beast or animal composed by putting different animals' parts together. Most well known examples are the Sphinx and the Griffin.
  22. (Chimera) In experimental embryology, the individual produced by grafting an embryonic part of one animal on to the embryo of another, either of the same or of another species. (SMD)
  23. (Chimera) In general, any unique monster of the wilderness. Usually created by a Reaver or some unspeakable crossbreeding. Pronounced KY-mer-ah. Compare to Kraken.
  24. (Chimera) Originally a fabled and frightening monster whose features resembled the corresponding parts of many different animals. Hence, an absurd or fantastic creature of the imagination; a frightful fancy; a visionary or impracticable idea.
  25. (Chimera) Spontaneous mutation which creates a distinctive bloom pattern called pinwheel. This bloom characteristic is genetically unstable, though it can sometimes be reproduced from peduncle cuttings. Leaf cuttings will not reproduce a chimera.