Tethyum

noun

Te·​thy·​um

ˈtēthēəm

: a genus (the type of the family Tethyidae) of large muscular simple ascidians sometimes used for food

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek tēthyon sea squirt, from Tēthys, wife of Oceanus

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