Rheic

See also: rheic

English

Etymology

From Rhea (“a Titan in Greek mythology”) +‎ -ic, for her being the sister of Iapetus (after whom had previously been named the predecessor of the Atlantic Ocean, for being the father of its eponym Atlas).[1]

Adjective

Rheic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a Paleozoic ocean between the large continent Gondwana to the south and the microcontinents Avalonia and others to the north.

References

  1. ^ “Rheic, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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