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Adjective: chimeric  kI'me-rik or kI'mi-rik
  1. Being or relating to or like a chimera
    "The genetic experiment resulted in chimeric mice with mixed DNA";
    - chimerical, chimeral, chimaeric [Brit]
     
  2. Unrealistic or fantastic; existing only as an impossible dream
    "His chimeric plans for world peace seemed unlikely to succeed";
    - chimaeric, chimerical, chimaerical [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Chimeric