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mé·tis

   [mey-tees, -tee]
noun, plural mé·tis  [-tees, -teez] .
1.
any person of mixed ancestry.
2.
(initial capital letter) Canadian. the offspring of an American Indian and a white person, especially one of French ancestry.
Also, me·tis.

Origin:
1810–20; < French, Middle French < Late Latin mixtīcius of mixed blood

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Me·tis

   [mee-tis]
noun Classical Mythology.
a Titaness, the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and the mother of Athena by Zeus. Zeus swallowed Metis, and Athena was born from his head.
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Metis
first wife of Zeus, from Gk. Metis, lit. "wisdom, skill, craft," from PIE base *me- "to measure."
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