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chimæra

chimæra is the obsolete typography of chimaera.

Meaning of chimaera

Noun

chimaera (plural chimaeras)

  1. A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin
    Synonyms:
    ghost shark

Proper noun capitalized: Chimæra

Chimæra

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Chimaera.

Forms of chimæra

pluralchimæras
pluralchimæræ

Questions about chimæra

What is chimæra the obsolete typography of?
Chimæra is the obsolete typography of chimaera.
What part of speech is chimæra?
Chimæra is a proper noun.

Words near chimæra in the dictionary

  1. Chimpy McFlightsuit
  2. Chimpy McHalliburton
  3. Chimpy McHitlerburton
  4. chimurenga
  5. Chimwiini
  6. chimæra
  7. chimæras
  8. chimæric
  9. chimærical
  10. chimæræ
  11. chin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chimæra (page history and authors); Chimæra (page history and authors); chimaera (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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