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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Te•thys (tē′this),USA pronunciation n. - Mythology[Class. Myth.]a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods.
- Astronomyone of the moons of Saturn.
- Geologythe Mesozoic ocean or seaway of which the Mediterranean Sea is a greatly shrunken remnant.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Tethys /ˈtiːθɪs ˈtɛθ-/ n - a Titaness and sea goddess, wife of Oceanus
Tethys /ˈtiːθɪs ˈtɛθ-/ n - 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
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