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- noun Plural form of
chimaera .
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Examples
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It is when we talk about non-beings, such as chimaeras, that being in a certain sense once again enters the scene.
Peter of Spain Spruyt, Joke 2007
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"Remember there are almost 1,200 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras worldwide and the white, bull and tiger sharks most often implicated in attacks on humans are only three of these," observes Cailliet.
Dr. Douglas Fields: Alarming Increase in Fatal Shark Attacks World-Wide: Science cuts through the hysteria for answers Dr. Douglas Fields 2011
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Sharks and their relatives, the skates, rays and chimaeras, are cartilaginous fish (they contain no bones).
Dr. Reese Halter: Protecting Great White Sharks Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Sharks and their relatives, the skates, rays and chimaeras, are cartilaginous fish (they contain no bones).
Dr. Reese Halter: Protecting Great White Sharks Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Robertson, E. Formation of germ-line chimaeras from embryo-derived teratocarcinoma cell lines.
The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information 2007
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Robertson, E.J. The ability of EK cells to form chimaeras after selection of clones in G418 and some observations on the integration of retroviral vector proviral DNA into EK cells.
The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information 2007
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You mean chimaeras like crocoducks, or THE Chimaera, daughter of Typhon and Echidna, and not ratfishes, lichens, or grafted fruit trees.
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They say that the reprogrammed cells meet all the tests of pluripotent cells – they form colonies, propagate continuously and form cancerous growths called teratomas, as well as producing chimaeras.
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There are no chimaeras, and if one were ever found it would be a serious problem for evolutionary theory.
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There are no chimaeras, and if one were ever found it would be a serious problem for evolutionary theory.
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