Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TETHYS
Te "thys, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Tethys
Te thys |ˈteTHis ˈtɛθəs | 1 Greek Mythology a goddess of the sea, daughter of Uranus (Heaven ) and Gaia (Earth ). 2 Astronomy a satellite of Saturn, the ninth closest to the planet, discovered by Cassini in 1684. It is probably composed mainly of ice and has a diameter of 659 miles (1,060 km ). 3 Geology an ocean formerly separating the supercontinents of Gondwana and Laurasia, the forerunner of the present-day Mediterranean.
Oxford Dictionary
Tethys
Tethys |ˈtɛθɪs | 1 Greek Mythology a goddess of the sea, daughter of Uranus (Heaven ) and Gaia (Earth ). 2 Astronomy a satellite of Saturn, the ninth closest to the planet and probably composed mainly of ice, discovered by Cassini in 1684 (diameter 1,050 km ). 3 Geology an ocean formerly separating the supercontinents of Gondwana and Laurasia, the forerunner of the present-day Mediterranean.
Duden Dictionary
Tethys
Te thys Eigenname |T e thys |in der altgriechischen Mythologie Gattin des Okeanos und Mutter der Gewässer
Tethys
Te thys Substantiv, feminin Geologie , die |T e thys |nach der Titanin Tethys, der Mutter der Gewässer in der griechischen Sage vom Paläozoikum bis zum Alttertiär bestehendes zentrales Mittelmeer
Tethysmeer
Te thys meer Substantiv, Neutrum , das |T e thysmeer |das Tethysmeer; Genitiv: des Tethysmeer [e ]s nach der Titanin Tethys, der Mutter der Gewässer in der griechischen Sage vom Paläozoikum bis zum Alttertiär bestehendes zentrales Mittelmeer
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