[{"word":"chimaera","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"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","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Alternative letter-case form of Chimera (a flame-spewing monster often represented as having two heads, one of a goat and the other of a lion; the body of a goat; and a serpent as a tail).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any fantastic creature with parts from different animals.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Anything composed of very disparate parts.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The car which he built himself was a real chimera: half Volkswagen and half Porsche."},{"definition":"A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Usually 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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["motley crew","ghost shark","rabbitfish","ratfish"],"antonyms":["monolith"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chimaera","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chimera"]}]