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Triton
Triton Tri"ton, n. [L., fr. Gr.?.] (Gr. Myth.) 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. Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. --Wordsworth. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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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- Look up Triton, triton, or tritons in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Triton commonly refers to: Triton (mythology), a Gr**** god Triton (moon), a satellite...
- Nereids riding on dolphins… and also Tritons" in this sculpture. In later Gr**** periods into the Roman period Tritons were depicted as ichthyocentaurs, i...
- the Corpus Christi Tritons. On July 21, 2023, the team announced its inaugural head coach Bradly Chavez. On June 14, 2024, the Tritons made it all the way...
- The Tritons’ Fountain (Maltese: Il-Funtana tat-Tritoni) is a fountain located in Floriana, Malta. It consists of three bronze Tritons holding up a large...
- Triton is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune. It is the only moon of Neptune m****ive enough to be rounded under its own gravity and hosts...
- The UC San Diego Tritons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of California, San Diego. The Tritons compete in NCAA Division...
- OpenAI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization founded in December 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California...
- USS Triton (SSRN/SSN-586), the only member of her class, was a nuclear powered radar picket submarine in the United States Navy. She had the distinction...
- enough as the Tritons won 64-54. Although the Tritons didn’t shoot ideally, it was sufficient to move them on to 2-1. Next, the Tritons faced off the...
- executed by the United States Navy nuclear-powered radar picket submarine USS Triton (SSRN-586) in 1960 under the command of Captain Edward L. Beach Jr. The...