Doris

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Doris \Do"ris\, n. [L. Doris, the daughter of Oceanus, and wife
     of Nereus, Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
     A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of
     branchi[ae] on the back.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Doris
       n : (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids