noun Alternative letter-case form of Chimera, a supposed monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or serpent, killed by the hero Bellerophon.
The game includes a bunch of chimeras, with the lion heads shooting fire and the snake tails whipping around trying to bite the player.
noun Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
noun A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
noun Anything composed of very disparate parts.
He built his car one piece at a time, producing a chimera with the head of a Volkswagen, the body of a Geely, and the tail of an aftermarket Porsche.
noun A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
noun An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.
The DNA test returned a false negative because the killer was a chimera, having absorbed her twin in utero.
noun Alternative form of chimaera, a cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin.
noun Synonym of bogeyman: any terrifying thing, especially as an unreal, imagined threat.