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[ˈtrʌɪtɒn], (Noun)
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- a large mollusc which has a tall spiral shell with a large aperture, living in tropical and subtropical seas
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late 18th century: from Triton
[ˈtrʌɪtɒn], (Noun)
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- a nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons
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1930s: from tritium + -on
[ˈtrʌɪtɒn], (Noun)
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- a minor sea god usually represented as a man with a fish's tail and carrying a trident and shell-trumpet
- 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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