Oceanid

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea-nymph. Greek
  2. 2
    (Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys wordnet

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Oceanis, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανίς (Ōkeanís), from Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós) + -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Oceanus”. By surface analysis, Oceanus + -id.

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