Chimeras

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chimera \Chime"ra\, n.; pl. {Chimeras}. [L. chimaera a chimera
     (in sense 1), Gr. ? a she-goat, a chimera, fr. ? he-goat; cf.
     Icel. qymbr a yearling ewe.]
     1. (Myth.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as
        having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the
        tail of a dragon. "Dire chimeras and enchanted isles."


        --Milton.
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     2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the
        imagination; as, the chimera of an author. --Burke.
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