[ぬえ, nue] (n) (1) Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; (2) (See 虎鶫) White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); (3) man of mystery [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Chimera \Chime"ra\, n.; pl. {Chimeras}. [L. chimaera a chimera
(in sense 1), Gr. ? a she-goat, a chimera, fr. ? he-goat; cf.
Icel. qymbr a yearling ewe.]
1. (Myth.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as
having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the
tail of a dragon. "Dire chimeras and enchanted isles."
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the
imagination; as, the chimera of an author. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chimera
n 1: (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a
lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail;
daughter of Typhon [syn: {Chimera}, {Chimaera}]
2: a grotesque product of the imagination [syn: {chimera},
{chimaera}]
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