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Triton (Noun)

Meaning 1

Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

  • Newt

Hypernyms

  • Salamander

Hyponyms

  • Pacific Newt
  • Common Newt
  • Red Eft
  • Eft

Meaning 2

Tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Meaning 3

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

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Meaning 4

The largest moon of Neptune.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).

Examples

  • Triton is the largest moon of Neptune and is unique in that it orbits the planet in a retrograde direction.
  • The surface of Triton is composed primarily of nitrogen ice mixed with darker organic material.
  • Triton's surface temperature is around -235 degrees Celsius, making it one of the coldest places in the solar system.
  • The Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Triton in 1989, providing the first close-up images of the moon.
  • Triton has geysers that erupt plumes of ice particles into space, suggesting that there may be liquid water beneath its surface.
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