chimaera

[ ki-meer-uh, kahy- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any fish of the family Chimaeridae, the male of which has a spiny clasping organ over the mouth.
any similar fish of the group Holocephali, which includes this family.
chimera.

chimaera

/ kaɪˈmɪərə; kɪ- /

any tapering smooth-skinned cartilaginous deep-sea fish of the subclass Holocephali (or Bradyodonti ), esp any of the genus Chimaera. They have a skull in which the upper jaw is fused to the cranium See also rabbitfish
Greek myth a variant spelling of chimera

First recorded in 1795–1805; chimera

Next he catches up Gyas and the vast bulk of the Chimaera; she gives way, without her steersman.

The teeth of Chimaera are more adapted for cutting, those of Callorhynchus for crushing.

Many extinct forms are known, some of whose teeth are intermediate in structure between those of Chimaera and Callorhynchus.

In Chimaera all three basalia are present, but the meso-pterygium is shifted and does not articulate with the pectoral girdle.

On came the Chimaera, her serpent tail lashing the stones, but Bellerophon ever kept on the further side of a great tall rock.

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