chimaera

Noun chimaera has 3 senses

• chimaera(n = noun.person) chimera - (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon;
is a kind of mythical creature, mythical monster

• chimaera(n = noun.cognition) chimera - a grotesque product of the imagination;
is a kind of imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery

• chimaera(n = noun.animal) - a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail;
is a kind of holocephalan, holocephalian
is a member of genus chimaera
has particulars: chimaera monstrosa, rabbitfish