Chimaera

What do we mean by chimaera?

Any of various deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the order Chimaeriformes, having a large head and tapered body with a whiplike tail. noun

Same as chimere. noun

A less usual spelling of chimera. noun

In zoology: A genus of fishes of strange aspect, representing the family noun

A genus of bivalve mollusks. noun

A genus of lepidopterous insects noun

A genus of fossil organisms of uncertain character. noun

A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Chimaeriformes of the class Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point. noun

Alternative spelling of chimera. noun

(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon noun

A grotesque product of the imagination noun

A deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail noun

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

Words that are spelled similarly to chimaera:
chimaera, chimera, chimara, chimere, chimer, chikara, chimar, chiragra, chiara, chimaeras, chamaea, chimaeric, himera, chimers, chitarra, chistera.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word chimaera:
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Words that rhyme with chimaera:
limeira.

Adjectives that are often used to describe chimaera:
terrible, periclinal, mere, human, headed, monstrous, hideous, soluble, homologous, horrible, dreadful, vain, igg, born, world, unintelligible, execrable, est, political, sectorial, invincible, ludicrous, female, proper, correct, rich, psychological, huge, formed, parthenogenetic, fiery, fierce, metaphysical, hippogriffic, triple, impracticable, pure, true, foetal, modern, run, mericlinal, male, spent, superstitious, incomplete.

Consonant match to chimaera:
chimera, chamorro, chmura.

Words that sound like chimaera:
chimera, chimaera, chimere, chmura, chimeral, chamorro, chimeric, chimeras, kamera, tamera, kumera, dimera, camaro, tamara, camero, janeiro, samira, zamora, chambre, camorra, kamara, chitra, chimayo, cheerry, chera, chinnery, chimenea, tenera, himera, asmera, camara, scenary, jim crow, shimmery, numero, pinera, amera, remora, minera, kimura, jim carrey, nomura, samarra, emera, tamora, komara, cynara, kumara, ginevra, samora, gamera, jim carey, tammara, tamura, nimrah, lamere, ishimura, shemaiah, shamir, chiminea, jamir, chenoa, cesura, cecere, chamorros, cherry, cheery, canary, chakra, chara, amira, chery, chandra, chalmers, cherrie, chicory, chancery, cero, chambray, ceri, chantry, cherri, almira, camaron, canarie, chickory, cheero, chero, almirah, chania, chacra, cheiro, chikara, chickeree, chamar, cebra, chambery, chamcha, chamma, chickaree.