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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 chi·me·ra /kaɪˈmɪrə, kə-/
 吐火怪物,妖怪,狂想

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 chi·me·ra /kaɪˈmɪrə, kə-/ 名詞
 嵌合體

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Chime·ra n.; pl. Chimeras
 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.”
 2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Chimera
      n 1: (Greek mythology) fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's
           head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of
           Typhon [syn: Chimaera]
      2: a grotesque product of the imagination [syn: chimaera]