Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRI'TON, n.

1. In mythology, a fabled sea demi-god, supposed to be the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as half man and half fish. Cyc.
2. According to Linnæus, a genus of Mollusca comprehending only one species, which inhabits the cavities of submarine rocks in Italy.
3. According to Cuvier, a genus of Batrachian reptiles, or aquatic salamanders, comprehending numerous species.
4. A bird of the West Indies, famous for its notes. Ray. Cyc.