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Definition of Tethys
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus.
2. Noun. Type genus of the family Aplysiidae.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Aplysiidae, Family Aplysiidae, Family Tethyidae, Tethyidae
Member holonyms: Aplysia Punctata, Sea Hare
Definition of Tethys
1. n. A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are brilliantly colored.
Definition of Tethys
1. Proper noun. (Greek god) 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. ¹
2. Proper noun. (geology) A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa. ¹
3. Proper noun. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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