n.

1. 【希神】客迈拉（狮头、羊身、蛇尾的吐火女怪）
2. 虚构的怪物；假想的鬼怪；【建】（装饰艺术中的）由不同动物某个部位凑成的怪兽，狮头羊身蛇尾饰
3. 幻想；妄想
4. 【生】嵌合体

n.

1. Greek Mythology  a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
2. something hoped for but illusory or impossible to achieve.
3. Biology  an organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation.
4. (chimaera) a long-tailed cartilaginous marine fish with an erect spine before the first dorsal fin. [Chimaera and other genera, family Chimaeridae.]