Tethys
/ˈtɛθɪs/ name
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- 1 Personification of fertile waters, she was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and with her brother Oceanus gave birth to all rivers and the Oceanids. Greek
- 2 A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
"Much of the Tethys was shallow and warm during the Mesozoic, and full of life, a marine paradise of sorts: ammonites and sharks thrived, and are now preserved as fossils that date the rocks."
- 3 A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.; The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
- 4 A moon of Saturn.
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More examples"Much of the Tethys was shallow and warm during the Mesozoic, and full of life, a marine paradise of sorts: ammonites and sharks thrived, and are now preserved as fossils that date the rocks."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).