chimeranoun [ C ]
uk/kaɪˈmɪə.rə/us/kaɪˈmɪr.ə/formala hope or dream that is extremely unlikely ever to come true:
Is the ideal of banishing hunger throughout the world just a chimera?
specialized biology an organism that contains cells or tissues from two or more different species:
an animal-human chimera
chimerical
adjective uk/kaɪˈmer.ɪ.kəl/us/kaɪˈmer.ɪ.kəl/