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.

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Attributively, relating to or characteristic of a chimera; composed of disparate parts or derived from multiple genetic sources.

The team developed a chimera vaccine combining proteins from several strains.