Titaness

Titaness
Titaness [tīt′'n is]
n.
a female Titan

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Ti·tan·ess (tītʹn-ĭs) n. Greek Mythology
One of the daughters of Gaea and Uranus who sought to rule heaven and were overthrown and supplanted by Zeus.

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