Thesaurus: chimera

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1. n. A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
2. n. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.
3. n. (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
4. n. a grotesque product of the imagination
5. 1. (Myth.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. "Dire chimeras and enchanted isles." Milton. 2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. Burke.
6. A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having thehead of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. "Direchimeras and enchanted isles." Milton.
7. n:100 n. (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon n. a grotesque product of the imagination