A triton can refer to different things based on the context:
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In Greek mythology, Triton is a sea god, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, and is typically represented as a merman with the upper body of a human and the tailed lower body of a fish).
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In scientific terms, a triton can also be a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
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Additionally, in a broader sense, a triton can also refer to any of various large marine gastropod mollusks with a heavy elongated conical shell.
So, depending on the context, a triton can be a mythological sea god, a subatomic particle, or a type of marine mollusk).
