(Greek mythology) One of the many fantastical offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a multi-headed monster represented as vomiting flames. It had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and a dragon for a tail. Killed by the hero Bellerophon in Lycea.

plural of chimera

(Greek mythology) 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).

(genetics) A synthetic strand of RNA and DNA once used to repair DNA mutations

(genetics) A form of gene therapy that uses chimeraplasts

The condition of being chimeral

(biology, genetics) The genesis and development of chimeras

plural of chimeraplast

Of or pertaining to a chimera (in all senses)

Resembling or characteristic of a chimera (fabulous creature with parts of different animals).