Tethys
[ tee-this ]
/ ˈti θɪs /
noun
Classical Mythology.
a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods.
Astronomy.
one of the moons of Saturn.
Geology.
the Mesozoic ocean or seaway of which the Mediterranean Sea is a greatly shrunken remnant.
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Tethys
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/ (ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθ-) /
noun
Greek myth
a Titaness and sea goddess, wife of Oceanus
British Dictionary definitions for tethys (2 of 3)
Tethys
2
/ (ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθ-) /
noun
a large satellite of the planet Saturn
British Dictionary definitions for tethys (3 of 3)
Tethys
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/ (ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθ-) /
noun
the sea that lay between Laurasia and Gondwanaland, the two supercontinents formed by the first split of the larger supercontinent Pangaea. The Tethys Sea can be regarded as the predecessor of today's smaller Mediterranean
See also Pangaea