Tethys Sea

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• Tethys Sea — ▪ ocean, Mesozoic Era       former tropical body of salt water that separated the supercontinent of Laurasia in the north from Gondwana in the south during much of the Mesozoic Era (251 to 65.5 million years ago). Laurasia consisted of what are… …   Universalium

• Tethys Sea — /tɛθiz ˈsi/ (say tetheez see) noun a hypothetical sea, considered to have existed between Laurasia and the continents that formed Gondwana. Also, Tethys Ocean. {named after Tethys, a sea goddess in Greek legend} …  

• Tethys Ocean — First phase of the Tethys Ocean s forming: the (first) Tethys Sea starts dividing Pangaea into two supercontinents, Laurasia and Gondwana. The Tethys Ocean (Greek: Τηθύς) was an ocean that existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia… …   Wikipedia

• Tethys — geologists name for the sea that anciently lay between Eurasia and Africa Arabia, 1893, from the name of a Greek sea goddess, sister and consort of Oceanus …   Etymology dictionary

• Tethys — Tethys1 [tē′this] n. [L < Gr Tēthys] 1. Gr. Myth. a daughter of Uranus and wife of Oceanus, by whom she is the mother of the Oceanides 2. a satellite of Saturn having long trenchlike valleys and sharing its orbit with other satellites Tethys2… …   English World dictionary

• Tethys (mythology) — In Classical Greek mythology, Tethys (Greek Τηθύς ), daughter of Uranus and Gaia (Hesiod, Theogony lines 136, 337 and Bibliotheke 1.2) is an aquatic sea goddess. Tethys was both sister and wife of Oceanus. [Tethys and Oceanus appear as a pair in… …   Wikipedia

• Tethys — /tee this/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods. 2. Astron. one of the moons of Saturn. 3. Geol. the Mesozoic ocean or seaway of which the Mediterranean Sea is a …   Universalium

• sea hare — noun naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear like tentacles • Syn: ↑Aplysia punctata • Hypernyms: ↑gastropod, ↑univalve • Member Holonyms: ↑Aplysia, ↑genus Aplysia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Tethys — I. noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Tēthys Date: 1567 a Titaness and wife of Oceanus II. geographical name hypothetical sea believed to have extended into E Pangaea & later to have separated Laurasia to the N & Gondwanaland to the S with the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Tethys — noun 1. (Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus • Topics: ↑Greek mythology • Instance Hypernyms: ↑Titaness 2. type genus of the family Aplysiidae • Syn: ↑Aplysia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Tethys — I. /ˈtiθɪs/ (say teethis), /ˈtɛθ / (say teth ) noun Greek Mythology a Titan and sea goddess who was the wife and sister of Oceanus. II. /ˈtiθɪs/ (say teethis), /tɛθ / (say teth ) noun one of the planet Saturn s satellites. {named after Tethys1} …