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chimeras

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  1. Alternative letter-case form of Chimera (a flame-spewing monster often represented as having two heads, one of a goat and the other of a lion; the body of a goat; and a serpent as a tail).
  2. Any fantastic creature with parts from different animals.
  3. Anything composed of very disparate parts.“The car which he built himself was a real chimera: half Volkswagen and half Porsche.”
  4. A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.

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