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.
2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. Burke.