Chimaera, The definition.
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Whilst looking through the Collins Concise Dictionary in the search for the answer to a crossword clue, I stumbled across their definition of the word Chimaera.
"Greek Myth. A fire breathing monster with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a serpent. A fabulous beast made up of parts taken from other animals. A grotesque product of the imagination. An Organism consisting of at least two genetically different kinds of tissue as a result of mutation, grafting.
TVR certainly did their homework when they named this car
"Greek Myth. A fire breathing monster with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a serpent. A fabulous beast made up of parts taken from other animals. A grotesque product of the imagination. An Organism consisting of at least two genetically different kinds of tissue as a result of mutation, grafting. TVR certainly did their homework when they named this car
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