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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. Source: opted
  3. 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 Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. a grotesque product of the imagination Source: wordnet
  5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 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. Source: adambom
  7. 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 Source: ecdict

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