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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Example sentences from the Web for tethys

I had seen the long green locks, the eyes of azure, and the glossy neck—it was Tethys, the queen of the sea-nymphs.
Tales of the Chesapeake|George Alfred Townsend
Tethys shall disclose new worlds, and Thule will no longer be the most remote of countries.
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2)|John Fiske.
Between these land masses lay a great Mediterranean sea—the “Tethys” of Suess.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3|Various
During the whole of which vast period Kashmir was covered with the waters of the Tethys.
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays|J. (John) Joly

Even now he'd prefer to die here on Tethys than in the strictly painless manner of executions on Coryus.
Planet of Dread|Murray Leinster

British Dictionary definitions for tethys (1 of 3)

Tethys¹

/ (ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθ-) /

noun

Greek myth a Titaness and sea goddess, wife of Oceanus

British Dictionary definitions for tethys (2 of 3)

Tethys²

/ (ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθ-) /

noun

a large satellite of the planet Saturn

British Dictionary definitions for tethys (3 of 3)

Tethys³

/ (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 MediterraneanSee also Pangaea

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