tethys
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/ˈtɛθɪs/(UK)
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/ˈtɛθɪs/(UK) · /ˈtiːθɪs/(UK)
Definition of tethys
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
name
- (Greek)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.
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- (Greek)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.
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A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
“Much of the Tethys was shallow and warm during the Mesozoic, and full of life, a marine paradise of sorts: ammonites and sharks thrived, and are now preserved as fossils that date the rocks.”
- A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
- A moon of Saturn.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).
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