[mey-tees, -tee] 
[-tees, -teez] . | 1. | any person of mixed ancestry. |
| 2. | (initial capital letter ) Canadian. the offspring of an American Indian and a white person, esp. one of French ancestry. |
[mee-tis] | 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. |
| mé·tis (mā-tēs', -tē') n. pl. métis (-tēs', -tēz')
[Canadian French, from Old French metis, of mixed race, from Late Latin mixtīcius, mixed; see mestizo.] |
| Me·tis (mē'tĭs) n. The satellite of Jupiter that is closest to the planet. [After Metis, Titaness who was a consort of Zeus (Jupiter), from Greek mētis, wisdom; see mē-2 in Indo-European roots.] |