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Thetis

American  
[thee-tis] / ˈθi tɪs /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. a Nereid, the wife of Peleus and the mother of Achilles.


Thetis British  
/ ˈθiːtɪs /

noun

  1. one of the Nereids and mother of Achilles by Peleus

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There are nine miles of public road and 12 of public shoreline on Thetis — everything else is privately owned.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023

Thetis Pharmaceuticals is planning trials of a synthetic resolvin for cases of inflammatory bowel disease and cancer.

From Science Magazine • May 4, 2022

The nine men and four women were taken aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis on Tuesday afternoon, some 26 miles southeast of Key West, the agency said.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2021

Through language that, like the sea nymph Thetis, shape-shifts between poetry, lyricism, email transcripts, theater and prose, “Wake, Siren” reveals the violence, the pain and the triumph in age-old tales made poignantly new.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2019

Marvelous arms they were when Thetis brought them, worthy of their maker, such as no man on earth had ever borne.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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