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Meaning of DORIS

Pronunciation:  'dowris

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids
 
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 See Also: Greek deity

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Do"ris\, n. [L. Doris, the daughter of Oceanus, and wife
of Nereus, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of
branchi[ae] on the back.
 
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