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▸ noun: (figurative) A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
▸ noun: (figurative) Anything composed of very disparate parts.
▸ noun: (architecture) A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
▸ noun: (genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.
▸ noun: (figurative) Synonym of bogeyman: any terrifying thing, especially as an unreal, imagined threat.
▸ noun: (Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.
▸ noun: (geography, Ancient Greece) A fire-spewing mountain in Lycia or Cilicia, presumed to be an ancient name for the Yanartaş region of Turkey's Antalya Province.
▸ noun: (historical) Former name of Himara, a port town in southern Albania.
▸ noun: (historical) Former name of Ceraunian Mountains, the Albanian mountain range near Himara.
▸ noun: (Greek mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Chimera, a supposed monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or serpent, killed by the hero Bellerophon. [(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.]
▸ noun: (zoology) Alternative form of chimaera, 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. [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]
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chimaera,
chimere,
bixie,
bellerophon,
centaur,
merperson,
half-angel,
hydra,
shapeshifter,
therianthropism,
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