Chimaera

See also: chimera, chimæra, chimaera, chiméra, Chimera, and Chiméra

Translingual

Chimaera monstrosa (rabbit fish)

Etymology

From Latin Chimaera, from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira, “the mythical Chimera”).

Proper noun

Chimaera f

A taxonomic genus within the family Chimaeridae – deep-water species, mostly called chimaeras.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Chimaeriformes - order; Chimaeroidei - suborder; Chimaeridae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Chimaera monstrosa (rabbit fish) - type species

Translations

sharks in Chimaeridae

Esperanto: ĥimero

References

''Chimaera'' on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
''Chimaera'' on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
''Chimaera'' on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Alternative forms

Chimæra

Etymology

As a mythological beast, a variant of earlier Chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera. As a placename, directly from Latin Chimaera.

Proper noun

Chimaera

(dated) Alternative form of Chimera
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184:
  CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly...

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira, “fire-breathing Lycian monster, fire-spewing Lycian or Cilician mountain”), from χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰiˈmae̯.ra/, [kʰɪˈmäe̯rä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kiˈme.ra/, [kiˈmɛːrä]

Proper noun

Chimaera f sg (genitive Chimaerae); first declension

(Greek mythology) Chimera
(geography) Mount Chimera in Cilicia or Lycia
(geographic, historical) A former name of Himara, Albania
(geographic, historical) A former name of the Ceraunian Mountains in Albania

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Chimaera
Genitive	Chimaerae
Dative	Chimaerae
Accusative	Chimaeram
Ablative	Chimaerā
Vocative	Chimaera