Meaning of chimaera

chi•mae•ra

Pronunciation: (ki-mēr'u, kī-), [key]

— n.

any fish of the family Chimaeridae, the male of which has a spiny clasping organ over the mouth.
any similar fish of the group Holocephali, which includes this family.
chimera.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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chimaera (Thesaurus)

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