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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chimera \Chime"ra\, n.; pl {Chimeras}. [L. chimaera a chimera (in sense 1), Gr ? a she-goat, a chimera, fr ? he-goat; cf Icel. qymbr a yearling ewe.] 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.
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