Definizione monolingua

chimera

chimera (plural chimeras)

1. (mythology) Chimera, or any fabulous 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 gargoyle (fictional winged creature)
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.

Definizione dizionario chimera

	chimera
	mythical monster

Altri significati:

An organism with at least two genetically distinct types of cells.

(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.

(mythology) Chimera, or any fabulous creature with parts from different animals.

(genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two zygotes.

A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.

An impossible or foolish fantasy or project.

organism with cells from two zygotes

(architecture) A gargoyle that does not work as a waterspout.

creature of the imagination