Graeae
[gree-ee] /ˈgri i/
plural noun, Classical Mythology.
1.
three old sea goddesses who had but one eye and one tooth among them and were the protectors of their sisters the Gorgons.
/ˈɡriːiː/
plural noun
1.
(Greek myth) three aged sea deities, having only one eye and one tooth among them, guardians of their sisters, the Gorgons
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