A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell.
Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Triton and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with prominent varices. Some of the species are among the largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell, and sea trumpet.
In classical mythology, a son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, represented as having the head and trunk of a man and the tail of a fish, and carrying a conch shell that he blows to raise or calm the waves. Later, one of a race of subordinate sea-gods.
In Greek mythology, merman, half-man, half-fish. Son of Poseidon and Amphitrite.
The largest moon orbiting Neptune, with active volcanoes that spew frigid liquid nitrogen.
(Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon
tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells
a giant snail, and the only natural predator of the starfish
The largest moon of Neptune was discovered by William Lassell on October 10, 1846. Triton is also designated as "Neptune I". In Greek mythology, Triton was a sea god and the son of Neptune.
Neptune's moon. It has a retrograde orbit (orbits in the opposite direction to Neptune's rotation).
Triton is the largest of the 8 moons of Neptune. Unlike all other large planetary moons, Triton has a retrograde orbit (it rotates opposite to Neptune's rotation). Triton was discovered by William Lassell in 1846. Triton is the coldest object that has been measured in our Solar System, with a temperature of -235° C (-391° F). This rocky moon has a polar ice cap at its south pole and many other varied geologic features including volcanoes, huge cracks in the surface, and geysers of gaseous nitrogen. It has a thin, hazy atmosphere (mostly nitrogen) and a windy surface covered with nitrogen ice. Triton is slowly spiraling in towards Neptune. Triton was a god of the sea in Greek mythology.
The largest of Neptune's satellites. Triton has an atmosphere and is roughly the size of Earth's moon. It has an 'ice cap' of frozen nitrogen and methane with 'ice volcanoes' that erupt liquid nitrogen, dust, and methane compounds from beneath its frozen surface.
Triton (trye'-tÉ™n, , Greek ΤÏίτων), or Neptune I, is the planet Neptune's largest moon. Triton has a complex geological history and it is believed to have a relatively young surface. It was discovered by British astronomer William Lassell on October 10 1846, just 17 days after the planet itself was discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.
Triton is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the deep. He is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and Amphitrite, goddess of the sea. He is usually represented as a merman, having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish.
Triton is the name given to various large sea snails of the genus Charonia, named after the Greek god Triton, son of Poseidon, god of the Sea. The shell of the giant triton, Charonia tritonis, can grow to over half a metre (twenty inches) in length. They are found in warm temperate and tropical waters.
Triton was a digital delivery and digital rights management service created by Digital Interactive Streams, which abruptly went out of business in early October 2006.
Tritons are a fictional species in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. They are aquatic humanoid creatures, loosely based on the merman god Triton from Greek mythology. Tritons are of the outsider type but native to the Material Plane, though they are thought to originate from the Elemental Plane of Water.