Chimaera

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Noun 2 English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Translations

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Chimaera

1. (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

1. (Greek mythology): Fantastical monster in Lycea with the head of a lion, goat and serpent which vomited fire. Killed by the hero Bellerophon.

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Greek: Χίμαιρα el(el) (khimera) f.