This chimaera was born on May Day 1995 to combine the work of Jeni Little and Nigel Brookes.
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chi-mae-ra
1. (Chimera) (in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
2. A thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve.
3. An organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation.
4. A cartilaginous marine fish with a long tail, an erect spine before the first dorsal fin, and typically a forward projection from the snout.
ORIGIN: Late Middle English via Latin from Greek khimaira ‘she-goat or chimera.’
