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Meaning of Chimaera | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of chimera.
    alt-of, alternative
  2. 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

Equivalents

Polski chimera przeraza
Русский химера
Українська химера

Examples

“CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly...”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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