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How to pronounce “chimera”
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Pronunciation guide for chimera
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of chimera with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- A Sci-Fi Story of Earth's Renewal
A chimera of storm clouds and plastic rubbish and burning trees.
- Definition summary
- (Greek mythology) 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.
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How to pronounce chimera
A Sci-Fi Story of Earth's Renewal
A chimera of storm clouds and plastic rubbish and burning trees.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “chimera”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (Greek mythology) 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.
- (mythology, art) Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
- (figurative) A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.
- (figurative) Anything composed of very disparate parts.
- (architecture) A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
- (genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.
- (zoology) 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.
- (figurative) Synonym of bogeyman: any terrifying thing, especially as an unreal, imagined threat.
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