tethys
IPA: tˈɛðiz
Root Word: Tethys
noun
- (Greek mythology) Personification of fertile waters, she was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and with her brother Oceanus gave birth to all rivers and the Oceanids.
- (geology) A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
- The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
- (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.
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