"chimaera" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: chimaeras [plural]
Etymology: A variant of chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera. Etymology templates: {{m|en|chimera}} chimera, {{bor|en|la|Chimaera}} Latin Chimaera Head templates: {{en-noun}} chimaera (plural chimaeras)
  1. Alternative spelling of chimera Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: chimera
    Sense id: en-chimaera-en-noun-jU5jzLbE
  2. 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 Categories (lifeform): Chimaeras (fish) Translations (fish): havmus [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), hågylling [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), chimera [feminine] (Polish), przeraza [feminine] (Polish), химера (ximera) [feminine] (Russian), химера (xymera) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-chimaera-en-noun-0QbAIY6M Disambiguation of Chimaeras (fish): 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of 'fish': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chimera [fish, ichthyology, zoology, biology, natural-sciences], chimæra [fish, ichthyology, zoology, biology, natural-sciences], Chimaera [fish, ichthyology, zoology, biology, natural-sciences]

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