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Triturus

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genus triturusnoun	chiefly aquatic salamanders

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Word	Definition
genus triturusnoun	chiefly aquatic salamanders
newtnoun	A small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives in the water as an adult.
tritonsnoun	Any of several marine gastropods of the family Ranellidae, which have a pointed spiral shell.
trilobitenoun	An extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita, whose body had three large lobes.
trochusnoun	(malacology) Any member of the genus Trochus, or more generally of the family Trochidae; in non-specialist usage, including species formerly classified in that family, particularly Tectus niloticus.
tragelaphusnoun	A fictional animal, half goat, half stag, used by the philosopher Aristotle as an example of something that is knowable even though it does not exist.
tritonnoun	Any of several marine gastropods of the family Ranellidae, which have a pointed spiral shell.
trochilusnoun	(zoology) Any member of the hummingbird genus Trochilus.
eptatretusnoun	a large genus of hagfish.
tridacnanoun	Any member of the genus Tridacna of large saltwater clams with heavy fluted shells.
crotaphytusnoun	collard lizards
turbotnoun	Any of species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe.
limulusnoun	a genus of horseshoe crab, with one extant species, the Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus).
pluteusnoun	(zoology) The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms.
naupliusnoun	(zoology) A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
triquetrumnoun	(anatomy) The triquetral bone
oceanusnoun	(Greek mythology) Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia, the god Ωκεανός Ποταμός (Ōkeanós Potamós, “River Ocean”) that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.
trochophorenoun	(biology) The free-swimming larva of some invertebrates that have a circlet of cilia
sistrurusnoun	Common names: ground rattlesnakes, pygmy rattlesnakes, massasaugasWright AH, Wright AA.
truncatusnoun	—