English noun: Triton | |||
1. | Triton (person) (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon | ||
Instance hypernym | Greek deity | ||
Domain category | Greek mythology | ||
2. | Triton (object) the largest moon of Neptune | ||
Instance hypernym | moon | ||
3. | triton (animal) tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells | ||
Broader (hypernym) | seasnail | ||
Member meronym | Cymatiidae, family Cymatiidae | ||
4. | triton (animal) small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia | ||
Synonyms | newt | ||
Broader (hypernym) | salamander | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | common newt, eft, Notophthalmus viridescens, Pacific newt, red eft, Triturus vulgaris | ||
Member meronym | family Salamandridae, Salamandridae | ||