Catalan Meaning of triton

Tritó

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Definitions and Meaning of triton in English

Wordnet

triton (n)

(Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon

the largest moon of Neptune

tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells

small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia

Webster

triton (n.)

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.

Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to 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.

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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Tritó

(Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon, the largest moon of Neptune, tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells, small usually br

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tritoma => Tritoma, tritium => Triti, triticum turgidum => Triticum turgidum, triticum spelta => Escaia, triticum durum => blat xeixa,