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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus;

2. type genus of the family Aplysiidae;
[syn: Aplysia, genus Aplysia, Tethys, genus Tethus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tethys \Te"thys\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? an oyster, or ? a kind of ascidian.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Tethys n 1: (Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus 2: type genus of the family Aplysiidae [syn: Aplysia, genus Aplysia, Tethys, genus Tethus]