TRITON


Meaning of TRITON in English

I. ˈtrī-t ə n noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Tritōn

Date: 1536

1. capitalized : a son of Poseidon described as a demigod of the sea with the lower part of his body like that of a fish

2.

[New Latin, genus name, from Latin Triton ]

: any of various large marine gastropod mollusks (family Ranellidae syn. Cymatiidae) with a heavy elongated conical shell ; also : the shell

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II. ˈtrī-ˌtän noun

Etymology: trit ium + -on (II)

Date: 1934

: the nucleus of tritium

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