Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tethys"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tethys \Te"thys\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? an oyster, or ? a kind of
ascidian.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Tethys
n 1: (Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of
Oceanus [syn: {Tethys}]
2: type genus of the family Aplysiidae [syn: {Aplysia}, {genus
Aplysia}, {Tethys}, {genus Tethus}]
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