Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

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1. (mythology) Chimera, or any fantastic creature with parts from different animals
2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author
3. (genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two zygotes
4. (architecture) A grotesque, like a gargoyle but without a spout for rainwater
5. (usually 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