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||Chi*mæ"ra (?), n. [NL. See
Chimera.] (Zoöl.) A cartilaginous fish of
several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth
are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the
tail terminates in a point.

Chi*mæ"roid (?), a.
[Chimæra + old.] (Zoöl.)
Related to, or like, the chimæra.

Chi*man"go [Native name] (Zoöl.) A
south American carrion buzzard (Milvago chimango). See
Caracara.

Chimb (chīm), n. [AS.
cim, in cimstān base of a pillar; akin to D.
kim, f. Sw. kim., G. kimme f.] The edge
of a cask, etc; a chine. See Chine, n.,
3. [Written also chime.]

Chimb, v. i. Chime.
[Obs.] Chaucer.

Chime (chīm), n. [See
Chimb.] See Chine, n.,
3.

Chime (chīm), n. [OE.
chimbe, prop., cymbal, OF. cymbe, cymble, in
a dialectic form, chymble, F. cymbale, L.
cymbalum, fr.


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