Chimera it can have different meanings, it depends on how it is used. Chimera can be a fish, one mythical figure, a genetic phenomenon, Among other things.
Chimera is a cartilaginous fish that lives in deep waters in all seas, is an unusual fish and is related to sharks and rays. There are about 30 species in the world, all marine, most of which live in the deep.
Chimera is also a feminine noun that indicates a hope or dream that cannot be achieved, a utopia. For this reason, some synonyms for chimera are: daydream; fantasy; fiction; imagination.
See also the meaning of Utopia.
chimera in greek mythology
Chimera is also a mythical figure characterized by a hybrid appearance of two or more animals and with the ability to shoot fire through the nostrils, it is a beast or beast characteristic of Greek mythology. The chimera may have the head and body of a lion, with two other heads, one goat and one serpent; head and body of a lion, with two other heads, one of a goat and the other of a dragon; two heads or even a lion's head, goat's body and snake's tail.
chimera in genetics
Chimera can also be the name of an animal that has two or more genetically distinct cell populations that originated from different zygotes; it is rare in humans: only 40 were recorded. In the case of humans, it is also known as a tetragametic chimera. This is the case of a person with two types of cell, which are genetically different. This happens when a human being originates from two individuals, non-identical twins, who joined perfectly in the mother's womb, when they were in the embryonic stage.
