triton
A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune.

triton
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.

triton
He often has a trumpet made of a shell.

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.

triton
Some of the species are among the largest of all gastropods.

triton
Called also trumpet shell, and sea trumpet.

triton
Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders.

triton
The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland.

triton
The most common species of the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens.

triton
See Illust. under Salamander. tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells a sea god; son of Poseidon.

triton
a sea god; son of Poseidon. tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells. small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia. A variety of sea shell.

triton
A satellite of Neptune orbiting at a mean distance of 354,000 kilometers.

triton
TRIangle Trans-Ocean buoy Network, maintained by JAMSTEC in collaboration with TAO.