CHIMAERA


Meaning of CHIMAERA in English

I. chimaera

variant of chimera

II. chi·mae·ra kīˈmirə, -mē- also kə̇- noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin

1. capitalized : a widely distributed genus (type of the family Chimaeridae) of marine elasmobranch fishes that sometimes includes all holocephalans with a blunt snout and a prolonged or threadlike tail but is now usually restricted to forms having also a true anal fin

2. -s : any fish of the family Chimaeridae

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