chimera
/kaɪˈmɪɹə/ 名词 C2中文： 嵌合体
- Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
- A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
- Anything composed of very disparate parts.
- A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
- 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.
- Synonym of bogeyman: any terrifying thing, especially as an unreal, imagined threat.
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