Meaning Of The Word Tethys

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Tethys in American English
noun: a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods

Tethys in American English 1
a daughter of Uranus and wife of Oceanus, by whom she is the mother of the Oceanides

Tethys in American English 2
an ancient sea and geosyncline, especially of the Mesozoic and early Cenozoic eras that separated Laurasia from Gondwana

Tethys in British English 1
noun: a Titaness and sea goddess, wife of Oceanus

Tethys in British English 2
noun: a large satellite of the planet Saturn

Tethys in British English 3
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

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