Oct 10, 2004 13:54
chimera \ky-MIR-uh\, noun:
1. (Capitalized) A fire-breathing she-monster represented as
having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
2. Any imaginary monster made up of grotesquely incongruous
parts.
3. An illusion or mental fabrication; a grotesque product of
the imagination.
4. An individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of
diverse genetic constitution, produced as a result of organ
transplant, grafting, or genetic engineering.