Chimera
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira).
Proper noun[edit]
Chimera
- (Greek mythology) One of the many fantastical offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a multi-headed monster represented as vomiting flames. It had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and a dragon for a tail. Killed by the hero Bellerophon in Lycea.
Translations[edit]
mythical monster
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