Tritonia

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Tritonia (“Minerva”). (sea slug genus): Coined by French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist Georges Cuvier in 1797. (hoverfly genus): Coined by German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1800. (plant genus): Coined by English botanist John Bellenden Ker Gawler in 1802. (cirriped genus): Coined by British naturalist William Turton in 1825. (butterfly genus): Coined by German entomologist and scientific illustrator Peter Carl Friedrich Geyer in 1832. === Proper noun === Tritonia f A taxonomic genus within the family Tritoniidae – certain sea slugs. A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – the tritonias. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Syrphidae – Synonym of Temnostoma (hoverfly genus). (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the subclass Cirripedia – Synonym of Triton (cirriped genus). (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – Synonym of Epityches (nymphalid genus). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: tritonia → Japanese: トリトニア → Russian: трито́ния (tritónija) → Spanish: tritonia === See also === Tritonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies == English == === Proper noun === Tritonia (Greek mythology) An epithet of the goddess Athena. ==== Related terms ==== Tritogeneia