iapetus
IPA: aɪʌpˈitʌs
Root Word: Iapetus
noun
- (Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.
- (astronomy) The third largest moon of Saturn
- (geology) An ancient ocean which existed between 600 and 400 million years ago.