proteus
English Thesaurus
1. type genus of the Proteidae (noun.animal)
| member holonym | : | olm, proteus anguinus, |
| definition | : | European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves (noun.animal) |
2. (Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | greek deity, |
| definition | : | a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks (noun.person) |
| domain category | : | greek mythology, |
| definition | : | the mythology of the ancient Greeks (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | protean, |
| definition | : | taking on different forms (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | protean, |
| definition | : | taking on different forms (adj.all) |
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