triton — meaning in English

English meaning

• merman noun A legendary sea creature, the male counterpart to a mermaid, with a human upper body and a fish's tail.

Senses

triton is used for these senses in English:

• merman A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
• merperson A mythological creature with a human upper half (head, arms, and torso) and a piscine lower half.

Related Latin words