doris Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids
  2. noun a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken

WordNet

Do"ris noun
Etymology
L. Doris, the daughter of Oceanus, and wife of Nereus, Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiæ on the back.

Webster 1913