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There are a lot of people who use the word “chimera” as a synonym for a hybrid—a creature created from two different kinds of animals. However, chimera is also used as an actual name for something else: it's the name given to the offspring of such creatures. For example, if chimeras were to mate with humans and give birth to humanoid offspring that grew tails and had distinctive features such as wings and four eyes, those offspring would be known as “chimeras." But there's also another meaning: it can be used in reference to something that has several parts working together in harmony. For example, a building with several businesses and offices is a multibuilding complex, while the World Trade Center's Twin Towers had two skyscrapers joined together by a deep underground section. The word occurs in ancient Greek literature and seems to have derived from the Greek χειμαρρα (kheirara), meaning "hybrid." The word was used in antiquity for any creature that seemed like it could be part-human and part-animal (for example, such mythical beings as centaurs or satyrs). It also figured into some of the world's earliest myths. In one, the Chimera was a fire-breathing lion with the head of a goat and a snake for a tail. In another myth, it was a combination of different breeds of animals, such as a lion and a goat, which were made into one by mixing their respective parts in the right proportions. In fiction, chimeras have been created for many purposes. In some superhero comics they are artificial creatures created illegally to be used as weapons—a concept present in Marvel Comics' Inhuman race. In other comics they are used to create hybrid super-soldiers or super-villains who have combined animal traits from various other species their creators have experimented on. For instance, the character Beast in the X-Men series was born with many animalistic traits that were given to him by experimenters when he was conceived. The word chimera has entered modern English in various ways. To refer to something that mixes elements of different kinds, "chimera" is common. Where chimeras are hybrids, occasionally the word "hybrid" is used instead. Where chimeras are made of different kinds working together in harmony, "synthesis" or "mixture" are used instead. Chimeras are commonly referred to in fiction. The following list includes examples where chimeras are not referred to by that name specifically, but are implied by the circumstances of the story. Brian Keene's novel "Night of the Living Dead" features a hybrid zombie known as a Chimera. It is described in this way: "There was no description that could capture the horror that was revealed when it finally stepped out into the streetlight--a four-legged, dog-sized mass of blunted muscle tissue topped by a distorted head with an elongated snout, small ears, and huge eyes...The three heads each had three eyes, but only two were functioning. cfa1e77820