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O•ce•a•nus



Pronunciation: (ō-sē'u-nus), [key]
n. Class. Myth.
1. a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
2. a great stream of water encircling the earth and believed to be the source of all rivers, lakes, etc.

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