Tethys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛθɪs/
ipa: /ˈtiːθɪs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: 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.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 106:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A moon of Saturn.
Synonyms: word: Tethys Ocean
word: Tethys Sea
word: Neotethys
word: Neotethys Ocean
word: Neotethys Sea
word: Neo-Tethys
word: Neo-Tethys Ocean
word: Neo-Tethys Sea
sense: the iterative ocean basin
word: Tethyan Ocean
sense: the iterative ocean basin
word: Tethyan Sea
alt: all iterations
word: Tethyan Oceans
roman: all iterations
alt: all iterations
word: Tethyan Seas
Hypernyms: sense: the iterative ocean basin
word: Tethyan Ocean
sense: the iterative ocean basin
word: Tethyan Sea
alt: all iterations
word: Tethyan Oceans
roman: all iterations
alt: all iterations
word: Tethyan Seas
Hyponyms: alt: Mesozoic
word: Neotethys
roman: Mesozoic
alt: Mesozoic
word: Neotethys Ocean
roman: Mesozoic
alt: Mesozoic
word: Neotethys Sea
roman: Mesozoic
alt: Mesozoic
word: Neo-Tethys
roman: Mesozoic
alt: Mesozoic
word: Neo-Tethys Ocean
roman: Mesozoic
alt: Mesozoic
word: Neo-Tethys Sea
alt: Paleozoic
word: Paleotethys
roman: Paleozoic
alt: Paleozoic
word: Paleotethys Ocean
roman: Paleozoic
alt: Paleozoic
word: Paleotethys Sea
roman: Paleozoic
alt: Paleozoic
word: Paleo-Tethys
roman: Paleozoic
alt: Paleozoic
word: Paleo-Tethys Ocean
roman: Paleozoic
alt: Paleozoic
word: Paleo-Tethys Sea
roman: Paleozoic
alt: Paleozoic
word: Palaeotethys
roman: Paleozoic
alt: Paleozoic
word: Palaeotethys Ocean
roman: Paleozoic
alt: Paleozoic
word: Palaeotethys Sea
roman: Paleozoic
alt: Paleozoic
word: Palaeo-Tethys
roman: Paleozoic
alt: Paleozoic
word: Palaeo-Tethys Ocean
roman: Paleozoic
alt: Paleozoic
word: Palaeo-Tethys Sea
alt: Neoproterozoic
word: Prototethys
roman: Neoproterozoic
alt: Neoproterozoic
word: Prototethys Ocean
roman: Neoproterozoic
alt: Neoproterozoic
word: Prototethys Sea
roman: Neoproterozoic
alt: Neoproterozoic
word: Proto-Tethys
roman: Neoproterozoic
alt: Neoproterozoic
word: Proto-Tethys Ocean
roman: Neoproterozoic
alt: Neoproterozoic
word: Proto-Tethys Sea
word: Paratethys
word: Paratethys Ocean
word: Paratethys Sea
word: Para-Tethys
word: Para-Tethys Ocean
word: Para-Tethys Sea
word: Alpine Tethys
word: Alpine Tethys Ocean
word: Alpine Tethys Sea
word: Western Tethys
word: Western Tethys Ocean
word: Western Tethys Sea
word: Western Neotethys
word: Western Neotethys Ocean
word: Western Neotethys Sea
word: Western Neo-Tethys
word: Western Neo-Tethys Ocean
word: Western Neo-Tethys Sea
word: Eastern Tethys
word: Eastern Tethys Ocean
word: Eastern Tethys Sea
word: Eastern Neotethys
word: Eastern Neotethys Ocean
word: Eastern Neotethys Sea
word: Eastern Neo-Tethys
word: Eastern Neo-Tethys Ocean
word: Eastern Neo-Tethys Sea
Derived terms: Alpine Tethys
Eastern Tethys
Neotethys
Neo-Tethys
Paleotethys
Paleo-Tethys
Palaeotethys
Palaeo-Tethys
Paratethys
Para-Tethys
Prototethys
Proto-Tethys
Tethyan
Western Tethys