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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