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chimera/kaiˈmiərə, ki-/n. (also 亦作 chimaera) 1 (in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail 喀迈拉(希腊神话中狮头、羊身、蛇尾的吐火女怪) 2 a fantastic or grotesque product of the imagination; a bogey 虚构的怪物；假想的鬼怪，幽灵 3 any fabulous beast with parts taken from various animals (由不同动物部位拼凑成的)怪兽 4 Biol. 【生】a an organism containing genetically different tissues, formed by fusion of early embryos, grafting, mutation, etc. 嵌合体 b a nucleic acid formed by laboratory manipulation (在实验室里制取的)核酸 5 any cartilaginous fish of the family Chimaeridae, usu. having erect pointed fins and a long tail 软骨鱼(银鲛科鱼类，通常有直立的尖鳍和长长的尾巴，如鲨鱼、银鲛鱼等) □ chimeric /-ˈmerik/ adj.□ chimerical /-ˈmerik(ə)l/ adj.□ chimerically /-ˈmerik(ə)li/ adv.[Latin, from Greek khimaira ‘she-goat, chimera’] |