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1. (n.) triton
a positively charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
2. (n.) Triton
(in Greek myth) a sea god, or one of a group of gods, usu. represented as a merman blowing a conch-shell trumpet.
3. Triton
(l.c.) any of various marine gastropods of the family Cymatiidae, having a large, spiral shell.
4. Triton
(l.c.) the shell of a triton.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Triton
(Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon
2. (noun) Triton
the largest moon of Neptune
3. (noun) triton
tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells
4. (noun) newt, triton
small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) triton
a fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell
2. (noun) triton
any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Triton and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with prominent varices. Some of the species are among the largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell, and sea trumpet
3. (noun) triton
any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. triton
in the Greek mythology a sea deity, son of Poseidon and Amphitrite; upper part of a man with a dolphin's tail; often represented as blowing a large spiral shell; there were several of them, and were heralds of Poseidon.
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