chimera chimaera

chimera chimaera
noun (C)
1 an imaginary creature that breathes fire and has a lion's head, a goat's body, and a snake's tail
2 something, especially an idea or hope, that is not really possible and can never exist: trying to present that impossible chimera, `a balanced view'

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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