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Webster 1913 Edition
Chimaera
‖
Chi-mæ′ra
,Noun.
[NL. See
Chimera
.] (Zool.)
A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order
Chimaeriformes
of the class Holocephali
. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point. Definition 2024
Chimaera
Chimaera
Translingual
Hydrolagus colliei
Etymology
From Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira)
Proper noun
Chimaera f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Chimaeridae – the ghost sharks.
Translations
sharks in Chimaeridae
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English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Chimaera
- (Greek mythology) One of the many fantastical offspring (fe. Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra) of Typhon and Echidna, a multi-headed monster often represented as vomiting flames with the head of a lion, the body (and additional head) of a goat, and a serpent for a tail. Killed by the hero Bellerophon in Lycea.
Translations
chimaera
chimaera
English
Noun
chimaera (plural chimaeras)
- Alternative spelling of chimera
- 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