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English noun: Triton

1. Triton (person) (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon


Instance hypernymGreek deity


Domain categoryGreek mythology

2. Triton (object) the largest moon of Neptune


Instance hypernymmoon

3. triton (animal) tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells


Broader (hypernym)seasnail


Member meronymCymatiidae, family Cymatiidae

4. triton (animal) small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia


Synonymsnewt


Broader (hypernym)salamander


Narrower (hyponym)common newt, eft, Notophthalmus viridescens, Pacific newt, red eft, Triturus vulgaris


Member meronymfamily Salamandridae, Salamandridae









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