Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun triton

4 senses of triton

Sense 1
Triton -- ((Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon)
       INSTANCE OF=> Greek deity -- (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Sense 2
Triton -- (the largest moon of Neptune)
       INSTANCE OF=> moon -- (any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen moons")

Sense 3
triton -- (tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells)
       => seasnail -- (any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids)

Sense 4
newt, triton -- (small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia)
       => salamander -- (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)