CHIMAERA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Chimaera mean?
• CHIMAERA (noun)
The noun CHIMAERA has 3 senses:
1. (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
2. a grotesque product of the imagination
3. a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail
Familiarity information: CHIMAERA used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CHIMAERA (noun)
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Chimaera; Chimera
Hypernyms ("Chimaera" is a kind of...):
mythical creature; mythical monster (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Meaning:
A grotesque product of the imagination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
chimaera; chimera
Hypernyms ("chimaera" is a kind of...):
imagery; imagination; imaging; mental imagery (the ability to form mental images of things or events)
Meaning:
A deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("chimaera" is a kind of...):
holocephalan (fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chimaera"):
Chimaera monstrosa; rabbitfish (large European chimaera)
Holonyms ("chimaera" is a member of...):
genus Chimaera (type genus of the Chimaeridae)
