Triton (triton)

[L. Triton, a son of Poseidon Amphi Triton with Nereid. - From an antique sculpture in the Vatican. in the train of the greater sea-gods; they are conceived as combining the human figure with that of lower animals or monsters. A common attribute of Tritons is a shell trumpet, which they blow to soothe the restle waves. And all the way before them [Neptune and A mph i trite], as they went, Triton his trompet shrill before them blew. 6491 Old World family Sal am and ridæ, but extends to others of similar habits in America, as members of the genus Spe lerpes, belonging to another family ( Plethodontida ). The crested newt or triton of Europe is Triton ( Hem is ala man dra) cristatus (see cut under newt ); the smooth triton is T. (Lis so triton) punctatus. Most of the tritons of the Old World fall in the genus Molge, as the great marbled newt of Europe, M. marm or at a, and the red-bellied, M. alpestris. A conspicuous triton of cold springs in the United States is Spelerpes ruber, chiefly bright-red, but marked with black in very variable pattern. See cut under Spelerpes. tritone (tri'tōn), n. [ tion able, whence the proverb " mi contra diabolus est." See mi.