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Meanings of chimera in English

Russian
химера
Portuguese
quimerismo
Spanish
quimerismo

Single organism composed of two or more different populations of genetically distinct cells.

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Portuguese
quimera
Catalan
quimera
Spanish
quimera

(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon.

quimera
Russian
химера

Plant with more than one genotype.

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Russian
химера
Spanish
chimera

A chimera virus is an artificial man-made product, and defined by the Center for Veterinary Biologics (part of the U.S.

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Usage of chimera in English
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In a day or two, the chimera's location would be common knowledge.
Axiomatic
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Be this chimera still worshipped; I will do nothing to pollute it.
Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale
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Be this chimera still worshiped; I will do nothing to pollute it.
The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all na...
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The most important thing to remember is that chimera are compulsive shape-shifters.
A nameless witch
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But what he'd really felt was too close to something: a chimera.
Losing charlotte
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My witchly instincts told me the chimera's shapes weren't dictated by chance.
A nameless witch
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Sometimes the ovaries and testicles are combined into a chimera called ovotestis.
The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology
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He'd suffered a deep slash to his side by the chimera's tusks.
A nameless witch
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The gigantic imagination of Lord Chatham would not entertain such a chimera.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
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I wanted to describe to Marion how I felt about the chimera.
Axiomatic
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If the wild card is a chimera here, AIDS is an epidemic.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
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The grand coalition between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil is a chimera.
The Irish Times
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As when a chimera is racing up the staircase to reach you.
Moon Over Soho
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He could easily regard it as chimera, but for one slight incident.
The Philosopher's Joke
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A stable or cleavable linker connects the two modules of a chimera.
Pubmed
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I understand that this is a chimera,- adreamthat you have got.
The Warden
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