- chimera
- (or chimaera )A wild fancy. In Greek mythology, a fire-breathing monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
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Chimera — Chimera, chimaira, or chimaera may refer to: Chimera (mythology), a monstrous creature with parts from multiple animals Mount Chimaera, the region in Lycia that some believe was an inspiration for the myth Contents 1 Science 2 … Wikipedia
Chiméra — Chimera Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cet article possède un paronyme, voir : Chimère. Rocha Chimera est un écrivain kenyan … Wikipédia en Français
Chimera — Chime ra, n.; pl. {Chimeras}. [L. chimaera a chimera (in sense 1), Gr. ? a she goat, a chimera, fr. ? he goat; cf. Icel. qymbr a yearling ewe.] 1. (Myth.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chimera — late 14c., from O.Fr. chimere or directly from M.L. chimera, from L. Chimaera, from Gk. khimaira, a fabulous monster (with a lion s head, a goat s body, and a serpent s tail), supposedly personification of snow or winter; originally year old she… … Etymology dictionary
chimera — a word for a mythological fire breathing female monster, has (in addition to two biological meanings) a figurative meaning ‘a forlorn or illusory hope’. Chimera is the recommended spelling, not chimaera, and it is pronounced kiy mee rǝ. The… … Modern English usage
Chimera — statusas T sritis gyvūnų raida, augimas, ontogenezė, embriologija atitikmenys: lot. Chimaera; Chimera ryšiai: platesnis terminas – nenormalumas … Veterinarinės anatomijos, histologijos ir embriologijos terminai
chimera — statusas T sritis gyvūnų raida, augimas, ontogenezė, embriologija atitikmenys: lot. Chimaera; Chimera ryšiai: platesnis terminas – nenormalumas … Veterinarinės anatomijos, histologijos ir embriologijos terminai
chimera — (also chimaera) ► NOUN 1) Greek Mythology a fire breathing female monster with a lion s head, a goat s body, and a serpent s tail. 2) something hoped for but illusory or impossible to achieve. 3) Biology an organism containing a mixture of… … English terms dictionary
chimera — index figment, phantom Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
CHIMERA — navigii species, apud Paulum Diaconum, Miscell. l. 20. p. 625. et Anastasium Bibliothec. in Historia Eccles. p. 122. μυριοβόλα ibidem reddit Theophanes, μυροάγωγα habet Codex Peirescianus, apud Car. du Fresne Glossar. Vide in voce Chimaera … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
chimeră — CHIMÉRĂ s.f. v. himeră. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN … Dicționar Român
