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# triton

«triton» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sea god in the myths of ancient Greece, half man and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a triton, tritons; Triton, a name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Triton is a sea god in the myths of ancient Greece, half man and half fish, who blows a conch shell like a trumpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/#m1)

2) Triton is the largest moon of the planet Neptune; it is icy and very cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/#m2)

3) A triton is also a large sea snail with a long, pointed shell (triton shell). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/#m3)

4) (Europe) In some books, «triton» is used for a kind of newt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about the solar system, Triton is Neptune's big moon and is unusual because it goes round the planet backwards. In myths and stories, Triton is the son of Poseidon and calms or stirs the sea with his shell. In some cartoons, Triton is the name of a sea king. Phrases: «Triton, moon of Neptune», «triton shell».

### examples

- Triton is the biggest moon of Neptune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/#x1)
- In the Greek myth, Triton blew his shell to calm the waves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/#x2)
- The space probe took photos of Triton's icy surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/#x3)
- The museum had a huge triton shell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/#x4)
- Triton orbits Neptune in the opposite direction to the planet's spin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/#x5)
- Our fountain has a statue of Triton holding a conch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/#x6)
- Triton is so cold that nitrogen freezes on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/#x7)
- Triton is always represented as half man, half fish, the body below the waist terminating in the tail of a dolphin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/#x8)

### note

Capital T for the moon and the god; small t for the shell. Do not confuse with «titan» or Saturn's moon Titan. Pronounced «TRY-tun».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «triton» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triton/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.