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mé•tis
Pronunciation: (mā-tēs', -tē'), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -tisPronunciation: (-tēs', -tēz'). [key]
1. any person of mixed ancestry.
2. (
cap.)
Canadian.the offspring of an American Indian and a white person, esp. one of French ancestry.
Also,me•tis'.Me•tis
Pronunciation: (mē'tis), [key]—
n. Class. Myth.
a Titaness, the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and the mother of Athena by Zeus. Zeus swallowed Metis, and Athena was born from his head.
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