chimeras
Fire-breathing hybrid monsters
Chimeras are creatures composed of parts from different animals—in Greek mythology, a fire-breathing monster with a lion's head, goat's body, and serpent's tail.
The word now applies to any hybrid or fantastical combination: genetic chimeras, architectural chimeras.
More broadly, a chimera is an illusion or impossible fancy: His dreams of wealth proved to be chimeras.
In biology, a chimera is an organism containing cells from two distinct genetic sources.
Thing of mixed parentage
- monsterFrightening imaginary creature
- lionManed African feline
- goatHorned, bearded livestock
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
fire-breathing · Pegasus · Greek · beast · Homer · Iliad · fantastical · legendary
Thing of mixed parentage
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- compositeMade of distinct parts
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
Bosch · gargoyle · fantastical · imaginative · symbolic · allegorical · monstrous · dreamlike
Illicit political gain
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- fusionJoining into unity
- organismLiving biological entity
genetic · cells · embryo · hybrid · tissue · mutation · xenotransplant · donor
Misleading sensory impression
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- unrealisticLacking basis in reality
- impossibilityState of being unachievable
wishful · unattainable · utopia · mirage · phantasm · fabrication · figment · hallucination
Genetically engineered combination
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- splicingConnecting by interweaving ends
- geneHereditary information unit
- plasmidSelf-replicating DNA circle
construct · synthetic · bioengineered · laboratory · CRISPR · transgenic · expression · vector
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
serpent · fire-breathing · Pegasus · Greek · beast · Homer · Iliad · fantastical · legendary · creature
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- compositeMade of distinct parts
sculpture · Bosch · gargoyle · fantastical · imaginative · symbolic · allegorical · monstrous · dreamlike · otherworldly
graft
Illicit political gain
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- fusionJoining into unity
organism · genetic · cells · embryo · hybrid · tissue · mutation · xenotransplant · donor · recipient
illusion
Misleading sensory impression
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- unrealisticLacking basis in reality
impossibility · wishful · unattainable · utopia · mirage · phantasm · fabrication · figment · hallucination · vision
recombinant
Genetically engineered combination
plasmid · construct · synthetic · bioengineered · laboratory · CRISPR · transgenic · expression · vector · cloning
- imaginary thingsfantasies, imaginary friends, imaginary worlds, make-believe, make believe
- mythical beingsdragons, dragon, unicorns, unicorn, phoenix
- curiositiesoddities, curiosities, rarities, wonders, anomalies
- GMOsgolden rice, GMO soy, GMO seeds, genetic modification, genetically modified
- grotesquesgargoyles, grotesques, demons, hybrid creatures, green men
- architectural beastsgargoyles, griffins, dragons, stone lions, lion heads
chimerasrealities
Things that exist
actualities · facts · truths · hard facts · certainties