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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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:

Nouns denoting people

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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