chimeras
- plural of chimera.
Example Sentences
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"Chimeras offer a rare glimpse into the past," she said "I think the more we look at spiky structures on vertebrates, the more teeth we are going to find outside the jaw."
From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2025
His presence is confirmed by the video selfies he has been shooting outside the presidential administration and the very distinctive House of Chimeras opposite it, adorned with representations of exotic animals and hunting scenes.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2022
Chimeras are organisms composed of cells from two or more species that may be capable of growing organs for human transplantation.
From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2021
The message here is an important one: Chimeras notwithstanding, genetic technologies have well and truly arrived and are poised to have a huge impact on our lives.
From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2018
There were thousands of shameless Harpies, of pallid Gorgons, of barking Scyllas, of Chimeras that vomited ashes, and of monsters never before heard or thought of, with perverse aspects all mixed up in one.
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Tasso, Torquato
