triton
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triton1
▶noun
- 1 Greek Mythology a minor sea god or merman represented as a man with a fish's tail and carrying a trident and shell-trumpet.
- 2 a marine mollusc with a tall spiral shell with a large aperture. [Genus Charonia.]
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triton2
▶noun a nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons.
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