chimaera
A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order…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
» The foreground of the scene had grown funereally dark, and near objects put on the hues and shapes of chimaeras.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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
химераximera
химераxymera
- a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail
- a grotesque product of the imagination
- (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
Examples
1 sentencesThe foreground of the scene had grown funereally dark, and near objects put on the hues and shapes of chimaeras.
Translations
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Origin
A variant of chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera.A variant of chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera.
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