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Oceanid

ocea·nid

UK/əʊˈsiːənɪd/ US/oʊˈsiənɪd/ uncommon

noun

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin Oceanis, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανίς (Ōkeanís), from Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós) + -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Oceanus”. By surface analysis, Oceanus + -id.

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