Definition of Tethis
Tethys, in the Greek mythology a daughter of Uranus and Gaia, wife
of Oceanus ( q. v.), and mother of the river-gods.
- Wikipedia
Te"thys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; an oyster,
or &?; a kind of ascidian.] (Zoöl.) 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.
Te"thys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; an oyster,
or &?; a kind of ascidian.] (Zoöl.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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