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Proteus
Proteus Pro"te*us, n. [L., Gr. ?.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A sea god in the service of Neptune who assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who easily changes his appearance or principles. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A genus of aquatic eel-shaped amphibians found in caves in Austria. They have permanent external gills as well as lungs. The eyes are small and the legs are weak. (b) A changeable protozoan; an am[oe]ba.

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- symbols. In Gr**** mythology, Proteus (/ˈproʊtiəs, ˈproʊt.juːs/ PROH-tee-əs, PROHT-yooss; Ancient Gr****: Πρωτεύς, romanized: Prōteús) is an early prophetic sea...
- A. proteus may refer to: Acmaeops proteus, a long-horned beetle species found in Canada, Mexico and the United States Amoeba proteus, a protozoan species...
- Proteus mirabilis is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium. It shows swarming motility and urease activity. P. mirabilis causes...
- The olm (German: [ɔlm] ) or proteus (Proteus anguinus) is an aquatic salamander which is the only species in the genus Proteus of the family Proteidae and...
- Proteus syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that can cause tissue overgrowth involving all three embryonic lineages. Patients with Proteus syndrome tend...
- de Proteu is a play by António José da Silva that deals with the intricacies of marriage and love. It uses the mythological characters of Proteus (Πρωτεύς)...
- Proteus (/ˈproʊtiəs/ PROH-tee-əs), also known as Neptune VIII, is the second-largest Neptunian moon, and Neptune's largest inner satellite. Discovered...
- Look up Proteus or protean in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Proteus is an early Gr**** water god. Proteus may also refer to: Charles Proteus Steinmetz...
- Proteus is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria. It is a rod shaped, aerobic and motile bacteria, which is able to migrate across surfaces due its “swarming”...
- Charles Proteus Steinmetz (born Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz; April 9, 1865 – October 26, 1923) was an American mathematician and electrical engineer...