CHIMAERA


Meaning of CHIMAERA in English

n.

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, chimera

Date: 1804

: any of a family (Chimaeridae) of marine cartilaginous fishes with a tapering or threadlike tail and usually no anal fin

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