| NOUN | person | Triton | (Greek mythology) a sea god |
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| object | Triton | the largest moon of Neptune | |
| animal | triton | tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells | |
| animal | triton, newt | small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia |
| Sounds | tray'tahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon. | |
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| Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
| Instance of | Greek deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks |
| Spanish | Tritón | |
| Catalan | Tritó | |
| Meaning | The largest moon of Neptune. | |
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| Instance of | moon | Any natural satellite of a planet |
| Spanish | Tritón | |
| Meaning | Tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells. | |
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| Member of | Cymatiidae, family Cymatiidae | tritons |
| Broader | seasnail | Any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell |
| Meaning | small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia. | |
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| Synonym | newt | |
| Member of | Salamandridae, family Salamandridae | salamanders |
| Narrower | Pacific newt | Any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America |
| common newt, Triturus vulgaris | small semiaquatic salamander | |
| eft | A newt in its terrestrial / terrestrial stage / stage of development | |
| red eft, Notophthalmus viridescens | Red terrestrial / terrestrial form of a common North American newt | |
| Broader | salamander | Any of various typically terrestrial / terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed |
| Spanish | salamandra acuática, tritón | |
| Catalan | tritó | |
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