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Noun Concept
Categories: Fire-breathing monsters, Mythical many-headed creatures, Legendary mammals, Mythological lions, Mythological caprids
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Chimera  Chimaera  Amisodaros  Amisodarus  Amisodorus
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(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon WordNet 3.0
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According to Greek mythology, the Chimera, Chimaera, or Chimæra was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature from Lycia, Asia Minor, composed of different animal parts. Wikipedia
A monstrous creature with parts from multiple animals Wikipedia Disambiguation
Mythical or fictional animal with parts taken from various animals Wikidata
A creature in Greek mythology composed of the parts of a lioness, a snake, and a goat. OmegaWiki
One of the many fantastical offspring (fe. Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra) of Typhon and Echidna, a multi-headed monster often represented as vomiting flames with the head of a lion, the body (and additional head) of a goat, and a serpent for a tail. Killed by the hero Bellerophon in Lycea. Wiktionary
Fantastical monster. Wiktionary (translation)
One of the many fantastical offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a multi-headed monster represented as vomiting flames. It had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and a dragon for a tail. Killed by the hero Bellerophon in Lycea. Wiktionary
Mythical monster. Wiktionary (translation)