Chimaera

From Latin Chimaera, from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira, “mythical Chimera”).

Chimaera f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Chimaeridae – deep-water species, mostly called chimaeras.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Chimaeriformes - order; Chimaeroidei - suborder; Chimaeridae - family

• (genus): Chimaera monstrosa (rabbit fish) - type species

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As a mythological beast, a variant of earlier Chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera. As a placename, directly from Latin Chimaera.

Chimaera

1. (dated) Alternative form of Chimera
   • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184:

     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...

From Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira, “fire-breathing Lycian monster, fire-spewing Lycian or Cilician mountain”), from χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰiˈmae̯.ra/, [kʰɪˈmäe̯rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kiˈme.ra/, [kiˈmɛːrä]

Chimaera f sg (genitive Chimaerae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Chimera
2. Mount Chimera (a mountain in Cilicia or Lycia, modern Turkey)
3. (historical) An ancient region in modern Albania, Himarë
4. (historical) the Ceraunian Mountains (a mountain range in Albania)

First-declension noun, singular only.