triton

/ˈtraɪtn/

Other forms: tritons

Definitions of triton

1. noun

   tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells
   type of:

   seasnail

   any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids
2. noun

   small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
   synonyms: newt

   types:

   Triturus vulgaris, common newt

   small semiaquatic salamander

   Notophthalmus viridescens, red eft

   red terrestrial form of a common North American newt

   Pacific newt

   any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America

   eft

   a newt in its terrestrial stage of development

   Taricha granulosa, rough-skinned newt

   newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California

   California newt, Taricha torosa

   newt that is similar to Taricha granulosa in characteristics and habitat

   type of:

   salamander

   any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed