Tritão — 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.
• newt noun A small amphibian, related to salamanders, that lives partly in water as an adult and has a slender body and tail.
• triton noun The nucleus of a tritium atom, made up of one proton and two neutrons.

Senses

Tritão is used for these senses in English:

• merman A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
• triton (particle) the nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons.

newt — full definition

1. noun A small amphibian, related to salamanders, that lives partly in water as an adult and has a slender body and tail.
2. verb To magically transform someone into a newt (used humorously, notably in fiction).

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