Chimera

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Alternative letter-case form of Chimera, a supposed monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or serpent, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

   “The game includes a bunch of chimeras, with the lion heads shooting fire and the snake tails whipping around trying to bite the player.”

2. isim Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
3. isim A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.

   “Although now considered a pseudo-science, the 'Abbasids were also fascinated by alchemy and the chimera of transforming base metals into gold for their treasury.”

4. isim Anything composed of very disparate parts.

   “He built his car one piece at a time, producing a chimera with the head of a Volkswagen, the body of a Geely, and the tail of an aftermarket Porsche.”

5. isim A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
6. isim An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.

   “The DNA test returned a false negative because the killer was a chimera, having absorbed her twin in utero.”

7. isim Alternative form of chimaera, 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.
8. isim Synonym of bogeyman: any terrifying thing, especially as an unreal, imagined threat.

   “How could that Chymera haue come in any mannes mynd?”

9. özel isim A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

   “CHIMERA, a fabulous monſter...”

10. özel isim A fire-spewing mountain in Lycia or Cilicia, presumed to be an ancient name for the Yanartaş region of Turkey's Antalya Province.
11. özel isim Former name of Himara, a port town in southern Albania.

    “CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly...”

12. özel isim Former name of Ceraunian Mountains, the Albanian mountain range near Himara.