noun

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

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Chimera (a flame-spewing monster often represented as having two heads, one of a goat and the other of a lion; the body of a goat; and a serpent as a tail).

2. Any fantastic creature with parts from different animals.

3. Anything composed of very disparate parts.

   “The car which he built himself was a real chimera: half Volkswagen and half Porsche.”

Synonyms: motley crew, ghost shark, rabbitfish, ratfish