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Chimera
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Chimera
[architecture] Used in describing an architectural feature, chimera means a fantastic, mythical or grotesque figure used for decorative purposes. Chimerae are often described as gargoyles. Used correctly, the term gargoyle refers to mostly eerie figures carved specifically as terminations to... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(architecture)
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Chimera
(World-Wide Web) A modular, X Window System-based World-Wide Web browser for Unix. Chimera uses the Athena widget set so Motif is not needed. It supports forms, inline images, TERM, SOCKS, proxy servers, Gopher, FTP, HTTP and local file accesses. Chimera can be extended using external programs. ... Found op http://foldoc.org/Chimera
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[short story] "Chimera" is a comical short story written by a Korean author Lee Yeongdo, based on the world of the novel Dragon Raja written by the same author. It is one of the three short stories known as Sceneries Of Laboratory. The story humors on male arrogance and characteristics, thro... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(short_story)
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[paleontology] In paleontology, a chimera is a fossil which was reconstructed with elements coming from more than a single species (or genus) of animal. A now classic example of chimera is Protoavis. ==List of paleontological chimeras== ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(paleontology)
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[CrossGen] Chimera is an American comic book published by CrossGen Entertainment from March to July 2003. It is a mini-series that ran for four issues. Chimera is most notable for its artwork. Produced by Brandon Peterson the artwork ia a blending of traditional and computer-enhanced techniq... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(CrossGen)
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[Andromeda album] Mar. 2004 - Jan. 2005 | Genre = Progressive metal | Length = 67:16 | Label = Massacre Records Chimera is the third album by the progressive metal band Andromeda, released in 2006. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== ===Band=== ===Other=== ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(Andromeda_album)
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[comics] Chimera is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. Her first appearance was in Wolverine vol. 2 #97. ==Fictional character biography== Chimera first encountered Wolverine whilst she was gaining information on him and his feral regressive state. She assisted the s... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(comics)
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[virus] A chimera virus is defined by the Center for Veterinary Biologics (part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture`s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) as a "new hybrid microorganism created by joining nucleic acid fragments from two or more different microorganisms in which each... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(virus)
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[Aria album] Chimera (Химера) is Aria`s eighth studio album, and the last to feature vocalist Valery Kipelov. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== Flute solo at #4 "Vampire" by Oleg Mission. Cover art by Leo Hao. ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(Aria_album)
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[Dungeons & Dragons] In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the chimera (pronounced ky-MAEE-ruh, or ky-MAIR-ruh; rhymes with "care of") is a large magical beast that appears to be an amalgam of several different creatures. A chimera is usually chaotic evil in alignment. ==Public... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(Dungeons_&_Dragons)
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[Mayhem album] Chimera is the third full length album by the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. It is the fourth and last main Mayhem release to feature vocalist Sven Erik Kristiansen (Maniac). TurboNatas of fellow Norwegian band Red Harvest provided the album artwork. The album art is a scr... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(Mayhem_album)
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[Delerium album] {Infobox Album | | Name = Chimera | Type = Album | Artist = Delerium | Cover = Delerium_Chimera_album_cover.jpg | Released = June 13, 2003 | Recorded = Various locations | Genre = Electronic, pop, ambient | Length = 68:29 | Label = Nettwerk | Producer = Carmen Rizzo, Bill Le... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(Delerium_album)
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[John Barth novel] Chimera is a 1972 novel by the American writer John Barth, composed of three loosely connected novellas. The novellas are Dunyazadiad, Perseid and Bellerophoniad, whose titles refer eponymously to the mythical characters Dunyazad, Perseus and Bellerophon (slayer of the myt... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(John_Barth_novel)
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(pronounced ki-MEER-eh) A chimera is a fossil that is composed of more than one species. Chimeras were named for a mythological, fire-breathing monster that had a lions' head, a goat's body, and a snake's tail. Found op http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/
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Chimera
a mythical monster that breathes fire from its lion's head with a goat's body and serpent's tail. Found op http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glossaryi.html
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Chimera
An organism, tissue or recombinant DNA molecule which is composed of genes from more than one organism. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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[n] - (Greek mythology) fire-breathing she-monster with a lion`s head and a goat`s body and a serpent`s tail 2. [n] - a grotesque product of the imagination Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=chimera
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In Greek mythology, a fire-breathing animal with a lion's head and foreparts, a goat's middle, a dragon's rear, and a tail in the form of a snake; hence any apparent hybrid of two or more... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Chimera: In medicine, a person composed of two genetically distinct types of cells. Human chimeras were first discovered with the advent of blood typing when it was found that some people had more than one blood type. Most of them proved to be 'blood chimeras' -- non-identical twins who shared a blo... Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=8905
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Decorative motif, seen in the 18th and 19th centuries, which originated in Classical mythology. It combines the features of a winged goat or lion with a serpent's tail. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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chimera
Organism composed of two genetically distinct types of cells. Can be formed by the fusion of two early blastula stage embryos or by the reconstitution of the bone marrow in an irradiated recipient, or by somatic segregation.
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Chimera
Chime'ra noun ; plural Chimeras . [ Latin chimaera a chimera (in sense 1), Greek ... a she-goat, a chimera, from ... he-goat; confer Icelandic qymbr a yearling ewe.] 1. (Myth.) A monster represented as vomiting... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/65
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chimera
<cell biology> Organism composed of two genetically distinct types of cells. Can be formed by the fusion of two early blastula stage embryos or by the reconstitution of the bone marrow in an irradiated recipient or by somatic segregation. ... (05 Jan 1998) ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?chimera
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chimaera noun a grotesque product of the imagination Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chimera
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Chimaera noun (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion`s head and a goat`s body and a serpent`s tail; daughter of Typhon Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Chimera
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