Chimera vs. Chimeral

Chimera and Chimeral Definitions
Chimera
Greek Mythology A fire-breathing female monster usually represented as a composite of a lion, goat, and serpent.
Chimeral
Of or pertaining to a chimera (in all senses)
Chimera
An imaginary monster made up of grotesquely disparate parts.
Chimeral
Being or relating to or like a chimera;
His Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists
Chimera
An organism, organ, or part consisting of two or more tissues of different genetic composition, produced as a result of organ transplant, grafting, or genetic engineering.
Chimera
A gene or protein consisting of parts from two different genes or proteins that are normally distinct, sometimes derived from two different species.
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Chimera
An individual who has received a transplant of genetically and immunologically different tissue.
Chimera
A fanciful mental illusion or fabrication.
Chimera
(Greek mythology) 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.
The game includes a bunch of chimeras, with the lion heads shooting fire and the snake tails whipping around trying to bite the player.
Chimera
Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
Chimera
(figurative) A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
Chimera
(figurative) Anything composed of very disparate parts.
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Chimera
(architecture) A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
Chimera
(genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.
The DNA test returned a false negative because the killer was a chimera, having absorbed her twin in utero.
Chimera
(zoology) 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.
Chimera
(figurative) bogeyman: any terrifying thing, especially as an unreal, imagined threat.
Chimera
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.
Chimera
A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.
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Chimera
(Greek mythology) fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
Chimera
A grotesque product of the imagination