Chimaera

See also: chimaera, chimera, Chimera, and chimæra

Translingual

(rabbit fish)

Etymology

From Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira)

Proper noun

Chimaera f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family  – deep-water species, mostly called chimaeras.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Chimaeriformes - order; Chimaeroidei - suborder;  - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): (rabbit fish) - type species

Translations

sharks in Chimaeridae

• Esperanto: ĥimero
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

References

• Chimaera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chimaera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chimaera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

"Chimera of Arezzo": an Etruscan bronze

Alternative forms

• Chimera

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira), from χίμαρος (khímaros, “male goat”). The fabulous monster in Lycia (with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail). Meaning "wild fantasy" first recorded 1587.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɨˈmɪəɹə/, /kaɪˈmɪəɹə/

Proper noun

Chimaera

1. (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

fantastical monster

• Danish: Kimære c
• Esperanto: ĥimero
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: Χίμαιρα (el) f (Chímaira)
• Russian: химе́ра (ru) f (ximéra)