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Mythical creatures > Chimeras

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Chimeras  

Definition

  • In Greek mythology, a fire-breathing she-monster, with a lion's head, a goat's body and a serpent's tail; any imaginary monster compounded of grotesquely disparate parts

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Notation

  • 114427

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-XMH6NQ7R-0

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