TETHYS


Meaning of TETHYS in English

/tee"this/ , n.

1. Class. Myth. a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods.

2. Astron. one of the moons of Saturn.

3. Geol. the Mesozoic ocean or seaway of which the Mediterranean Sea is a greatly shrunken remnant.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .