Orseis

Translingual

Proper noun

Orseis

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hesionidae – certain phyllodocids.

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρσηΐς (Orsēḯs), from ὄρσω (órsō, “to stir, awaken, excite”).

Proper noun

Orseis

  1. (Greek mythology) A naiad of a spring in Thessaly.
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