chimaera
Americannoun
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any fish of the family Chimaeridae, the male of which has a spiny clasping organ over the mouth.
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any similar fish of the group Holocephali, which includes this family.
noun
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any tapering smooth-skinned cartilaginous deep-sea fish of the subclass Holocephali (or Bradyodonti ), esp any of the genus Chimaera. They have a skull in which the upper jaw is fused to the cranium See also rabbitfish
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Greek myth a variant spelling of chimera
Etymology
Origin of chimaera
First recorded in 1795–1805; chimera
Example Sentences
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Ghost sharks - also known as chimaera - are rarely spotted, and sightings of their young are even more uncommon.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2022
Also known as chimaera or ratfish, ghost sharks have long fins and vacant eyes that make even great whites seem friendly.
From National Geographic • Jun. 12, 2017
“On the video camera we saw a kind of chimaera that whizzed by – that’s very, very rare in Australian waters,” she said.
From The Guardian • May 31, 2017
Next, mCRPC-bearing chimaera mice were assigned to therapeutic trials.
From Nature • Mar. 19, 2017
De la Préexistence des Germes et de l'Epigénèse," which opens thus:— "Spontaneous generation is only a chimaera.
From Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 by Huxley, Thomas Henry
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