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1. Alternative letter-case form of Chimera (a flame-spewing monster often represented as having two heads, one of a goat and the other of a lion; the body of a goat; and a serpent as a tail).

2. Any fantastic creature with parts from different animals.

3. Anything composed of very disparate parts.

   Example: The car which he built himself was a real chimera: half Volkswagen and half Porsche.

4. A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.