All 17 Uses of

chimera
in
The Lightning Thief

The Chimera charged, its lion teeth gnashing.
Chpt 13 *

chimera = Greek mythology: a fire-breathing monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail

The rhinestone dog collar still hung around its neck, and the plate-sized dog tag was now easy to read: CHIMERA-RABID, FIRE-BREATHING, POISONOUS-IF FOUND, PLEASE CALL TARTARUS-EXT.†
Chpt 13

I was ten feet away from the Chimera's bloody maw, and I knew that as soon as I moved, the creature would lunge.†
Chpt 13

Riptide was now a shining bronze blade in my hands, and as the Chimera turned, I slashed at its neck.†
Chpt 13

I tried to jab Riptide into the Chimera's mouth, but the serpent tail wrapped around my ankles and pulled me off balance, and my blade flew out of my hand, spinning out of the hole in the Arch and down toward the Mississippi River.†
Chpt 13

"Die, faithless one," Echidna rasped, and the Chimera sent a column of flame toward my face.†
Chpt 13

The Chimera might still be up there with its snaky, fat mother, waiting to finish me off.†
Chpt 14

I told them the whole story of the Chimera, Echidna, my high-dive act, and the underwater lady's message.†
Chpt 14

Grinning skeletons in Greek armor crowded around me, draping me with silk robes, wreathing my head with laurels that smoked with Chimera poison, burning into my scalp.†
Chpt 16

Definitions:

(1) (chimera)
a wild, unrealistic idea or hope; or a mythical creature made from parts of different animals
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

As a proper noun Chimera refers to a fire-breathing monster in Greek mythology. It is a female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.

More rarely, in biology, a chimera is an organism that contains cells or tissues with a different genotype.

Chimaera is also an acceptable spelling and the name of a type of fish.