A mythical creature with parts taken from various animals, often depicted as a fire-breathing monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
The ancient Greeks told tales of the chimera, a fearsome beast that terrorized the countryside.
A thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve.
The idea of a perfect society is often considered a chimera, as human nature is too complex to allow for such an ideal.
An organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation.
The laboratory experiment resulted in a plant chimera, combining traits from two different species.