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tritón

/tɾiˈton/

noun, masculine/tɾiˈton/plural: tritones

merman; newt

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn), a mythological son of Poseidon.

noun, masculine/tɾiˈton/plural: tritones

triton, the nucleus of tritium

From Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”) + -ón, in the sense of subatomic particle.