chimera
/kaɪˈmɪrə/
noun
- An impossible or foolish hope, dream, or idea; something that is very unlikely to exist or happen.
- The idea of a perfect society with no conflict is a chimera that has never been achieved.
- He chased the chimera of instant fame, only to end up disappointed.
- Many scientists believe that a perpetual motion machine is a chimera.
- In Greek mythology, a monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail, that breathes fire.
- In the ancient story, the hero Bellerophon was sent to kill the Chimera.
- Mosaics from ancient Greece often depict the Chimera with flames shooting from its mouth.
- The Chimera terrorized the land of Lycia until it was defeated.
- In biology, an organism that contains cells from two or more different individuals or species.
- Some plants are natural chimeras, with different colored patches on their leaves.
- Scientists study chimeras to understand how different tissues develop.
- A lab-created chimera might have cells from both a sheep and a goat.
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