Chimaera
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Chimaera
- (zoology) One of several species of fish of the sub-class Holocephali. Also known as ghost sharks.
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From Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khimaira), from χίμαρος (khimaros, “male goat”). The fabulous monster in Lycea (with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail). Meaning "wild fantasy" first recorded 1587.
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Chimaera
- (Greek mythology) Fantastical monster in Lycea with the head of a lion, goat and serpent which vomited fire. Killed by the hero Bellerophon.
