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n.) 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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	n.) ~~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~~.		n.) 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.