chimera

  • 31chimera — graphischer WWW Browser unter UNIX ohne OSF Motif (s. http://www.unlv.edu/chimera/, vergl. Netscape, lynx, mosaic) …

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  • 32chimera — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fancy, fantasy; monster; vain hope. See imagination, mythical deities, nonexistence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. figment, delusion, fabrication; see fancy 3 , illusion 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) …

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  • 33chimera — graphischer WWW Browser unter UNIX ohne OSF Motif (s. http://www.unlv.edu/chimera/, vergl. Netscape, lynx, mosaic) …

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  • 34chimera —  A wild or fanciful creation, taken from Chimera (sometimes Chimaera), a mythological beast with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a serpent …

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  • 35chimera —    (kee MEH rah) [Latin, from Greek] A grotesque, firebreathing monster of the imagination.    She may not be the chimera your anxiety has made of her …

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  • 36Chimera —    Mostro favoloso, figlio di Tifòne e Echidna. Aveva la testa di leone, la coda di drago e il ventre di capra. Fu ucciso da Bellerofonte. Vomitava fuoco e fiamme e col suo alito (molto pesante) seccava tutta la vita vegetale. Dopo aver devastato …

    Dizionario dei miti e dei personaggi della Grecia antica

  • 37chimera — [kʌɪ mɪərə, kɪ ] (also chimaera) noun 1》 Greek Mythology a fire breathing female monster with a lion s head, a goat s body, and a serpent s tail. 2》 something hoped for but illusory or impossible to achieve. 3》 Biology an organism containing a… …

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  • 38chimera — (or chimaera) 1. An organism whose cells are not all genotypically identical. This can occur as a result of: somatic mutation; grafting (see: graft chimera); or because the individual is derived from two or more embryos or zygotes. 2. A… …

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  • 39Chimera — (also chimaera) n. 1 (in Greek mythology) a fire breathing female monster with a lion s head, a goat s body, and a serpent s tail. 2 a fantastic or grotesque product of the imagination; a bogey. 3 any fabulous beast with parts taken from various… …

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  • 40chimera — (also chimaera) n. 1 (in Greek mythology) a fire breathing female monster with a lion s head, a goat s body, and a serpent s tail. 2 a fantastic or grotesque product of the imagination; a bogey. 3 any fabulous beast with parts taken from various… …

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