Look up: chimera

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   Chimera
   (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.
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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.
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   Chimera
   An organism, tissue or recombinant DNA molecule which is composed of genes from more than one organism.
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   chimera
   [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
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   chimera
   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...
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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. New protocols can easily be added and alternate im...
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   Chimera
   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 blood supply in the uterus. Those who were not twins ...
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   chimera
   organism that contains a mixture of genetically different cells Category: Medicine
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   chimera
   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.
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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 flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. 'Dire chimeras and enchanted isles.' Milton. ...
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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) ...
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    chimera
    chimaera noun a grotesque product of the imagination
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    Chimera
    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
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    Chimera
    `Chimera`, `chimaira` or `chimaera` may refer to: * Chimera (mythology), a monstrous creature made of the parts of multiple animals * Chimera (genetics), a single animal organism with genetically distinct cells from two different zygotes * Chimera (plant), a single plant organism with genetically distinct cells from two different zygotes or from a mixed-species callus * Chimera (virus), a virus containing genetic material from other organisms * ...
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    chimera
    (ki-mēr´ә) an organism whose body contains different cell populations derived from different zygotes of the same or different species, occurring spontaneously or produced artificially. a substance created from proteins or genes of two species, as by genetic engineering. adj., chimer´ic, adj. ...
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    Chimera
    • (n.) A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. • (n.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
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    chimera
    (from the article `Chimera`) Chimera, or chimère, in architecture, is a term loosely used for any grotesque, fantastic, or imaginary beast used in decoration.
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    Chimera
    in Greek mythology, a fire-breathing female monster resembling a lion in the forepart, a goat in the middle, and a dragon behind. She devastated ... [1 related articles]
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    chimera
    in botany, a plant or plant part that is a mixture of two or more genetically different types of cells.
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    chimera
    An individual, organ, or part of an organism, consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution. The word comes from Greek mythology, where it described a fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
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    Chimera
    Chimera: see Bellerophon and Typhon.
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