Chimæral (kimera)

[See chimera.] 1. [ cap. or l. c.] A le usual spelling of chimera. -2. [NL.] In zool.: (a) A genus of fishes of strange aspect, representing the family Chima rid a. Linnæus, 1766. (b) A genus of bivalve mollusks. Poli, 1791. (c) A genus of lepidopterous insects. (d) A genus of fo il organisms of uncertain character. Hitch cock, 1858. chimæra2 (shi-mē'rä), n. Same as chimere. chimærid, chimerid (ki-mē'rid), a. and n. I. a. Pertaining to the Chimærid a; chimæroid. A chimærid fish new to the western Atlantic. Science, IV. 466. II. n. A selachian of the family Chimærid a .