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TETHYS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Aplysiidae
Synonyms:
Aplysia; genus Aplysia; genus Tethus; Tethys
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tethys" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "Tethys"):
Aplysia punctata; sea hare (naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles)
Holonyms ("Tethys" is a member of...):
Aplysiidae; family Aplysiidae; family Tethyidae; Tethyidae (sea hares)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Titaness ((Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
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