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Noun: triton  trI-tun
  1. Tropical marine gastropods having beautifully coloured spiral shells
     
  2. Small usually bright-coloured semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
    - newt
Noun: Triton  trI-t(u)n
  1. (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon
     
  2. The largest moon of Neptune

Derived forms: tritons, Tritons

Type of: Greek deity, moon, salamander, seasnail

Part of: Cymatiidae, family Cymatiidae, family Salamandridae, Salamandridae

Encyclopedia: Triton, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Triticum
Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum spelta
Triticum dicoccum
Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides
Triticum durum
Triticum spelta
Triticum turgidum
tritium
tritoma
Triton
tritone
triturate
Triturus
Triturus vulgaris
triumph
triumphal
triumphal arch
triumphalism
triumphalist