n.
Pronunciation: ' tr ī -t ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek Trit ō n
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
triton 2