ETYM New Lat. Related to Chimera.
In Greek mythology, a fire-breathing animal with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a tail in the form of a snake; hence any apparent hybrid of two or more creatures. The chimera was killed by the hero Bellerophon on the winged horse Pegasus.
Imaginary monster; bogy; impossible idea.
Smooth-skinned deep-sea fish with a tapering body and long threadlike tail.
1. Mašta, uobrazilja; maštarija, sanjarija;
2. muz. (tal. fantasia) Kompozicija bogata sadržinom u nevezanom obliku često sa više delova ili stavova koji prelaze jedan u drugi;
3. psih. Svesno preobražavanje pretstava i njihovo spajanje u nove spojeve pretstava koji nisu u opažanju dati (deltanost kojom u duši postaju slike predmeta je reproduktivna ukoliko ponovno predočava opažanja, a produktivna ukoliko proizvodi nove tvorevine; ova poslednja ima najveći značaj u umetnosti);
4. Priča stvorena maštom;
5. Priviđenje, utvara, tlapnja; up. Fantaz.
1. mit. Legendarna strašna neman kod starih Grka (spreda lav, u sredini koza, a pozadi zmaj);
2. fig. Varka, samoobmana, uobraženje, sanjarija, neizvodljiva misao, šimera.
Fish of the group Holocephali. Chimaeras have thick bodies that taper to a long thin tail, large fins, smooth skin, and a cartilaginous skeleton. They can grow to 1.5 m/4.5 ft. Most chimaeras are deep-water fish, and even Chimaera monstrosa, a relatively shallow-living form caught around European coasts, lives at a depth of 300–500 m/1,000–1,600 ft.