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kʌɪˈmɪərə, 
kɪ-/
n.
    - Greek Mythology  a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
- something hoped for but illusory or impossible to achieve.
- Biology  an organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation.
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(chimaera)
 a long-tailed cartilaginous marine fish with an erect spine before the first dorsal fin. 
[Chimaera and other genera, family Chimaeridae.]
Derivative
- chimeric
 /-ˈmɛrɪk/
 adj.
- chimerical adj.
- chimerically adv.
Etymology
ME: via L. from Gk khimaira ‘she-goat or chimera’.