"chimaera" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chimaeras [plural]
Etymology: A variant of chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera. Etymology templates: {{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): 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 26 74 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] Derived forms: chimaeral, chimaeroid

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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