diemyctylus viridescens

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diemyctylus viridescens - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Triton \Tri"ton\ (tr[imac]"t[o^]n), n. [L., fr. Gr. Tri`twn.]
     (Gr. Myth.)
     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.
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           Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea,
           Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     2. (Zool.) 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.
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     3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic
        salamanders. The common European species are
        Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and Molge  alpestris
        , a red-bellied species common in Switzerland.
        The most common species of the United States is
        Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander.
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