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triton shell — ▪ gastropod family any of several marine snails constituting the family Cymatiidae (subclass Prosobranchia of the class Gastropoda), in which the shell usually is spired, the body whorl is large, and the aperture in the first whorl of the shell… … Universalium
Triton (gastropod) — Triton Charonia variegata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Triton (mollusk) — Taxobox name = Triton status = VU image width = 250px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda subclassis = Orthogastropoda superordo = Caenogastropoda ordo = Sorbeoconcha subordo = Hypsogastropoda infraordo =… … Wikipedia
triton's trumpet — noun see triton s horn * * * triton s trumpet, a triton shell used as a horn … Useful english dictionary
Triton — Tri ton (tr[imac] t[o^]n), n. [L., fr. Gr. Tri twn.] (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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Triton (mythology) — Triton (Τρίτων, gen: Τρίτωνος) is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the deep. He is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and Amphitrite, goddess of the sea. He is usually represented as a merman, having the upper body of a human and the… … Wikipedia
Triton — [trīt′ n] n. [L < Gr Tritōn; ? akin to OIr triath, sea] 1. Gr. Myth. a sea god, son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, represented as having the head and upper body of a man and the tail of a fish and as carrying a conch shell trumpet 2. Gr. Myth.… … English World dictionary
Triton — Tritonic /truy ton ik/, adj. /truyt n/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, represented as having the head and trunk of a man and the tail of a fish, and as using a conch shell trumpet. 2. Astron. a moon of Neptune. 3. (l.c.) any … Universalium
Triton Fountain — Bernini s baroque Triton Fountain (Italian Fontana del Tritone ) is located in Piazza Barberini, Rome, near the entrance to the Palazzo Barberini (now housing the Galleria Nazionale d Arte Antica), which Bernini helped redesign for his patron… … Wikipedia
triton — /truy ton/, n. Physics. a positively charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium. Cf. deuteron. [1930 35; < Gk tríton, neut. of trítos THIRD, equiv. to trí TRI + ton neut. adj. suffix; … Universalium
