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Chimaera¹

Where it comes from

As a mythological beast, a variant of earlier Chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera. As a placename, directly from Latin Chimaera.

proper noun Chimæra

  1. alternative, dated Alternative form of Chimera CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly...

chimaera²

Where it comes from

A variant of chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera.

noun chimaeras · chimera · chimæra

  1. 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

    Similar: ghost shark

  2. alternative Alternative spelling of chimera

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noun fish

Italianochimera
Русскийхимера ximera

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"chimaera." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chimaera. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{chimaera_2026,
  title = {chimaera},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chimaera},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}