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Triton

Pronunciation: /ˈtrʌɪt(ə)n/
Definition of Triton
  • 1 Greek Mythology a minor sea god usually represented as a man with a fish’s tail and carrying a trident and shell-trumpet.
  • 2 Astronomy the largest satellite of Neptune, the seventh closest to the planet and having a retrograde orbit and a thin nitrogen atmosphere, discovered in 1846 (diameter 2,700 km).

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