PROTEAN
\pɹə͡ʊtˈi͡ən], \pɹəʊtˈiən], \p_ɹ_əʊ_t_ˈiə_n]\
Definitions of PROTEAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms; as, an amoeba is a protean animalcule.
By Oddity Software
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Readily assuming different shapes, like Proteus, the sea-god, fabled to have the power of changing himself into an endless variety of forms.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Assuming various forms; changeable.
By James Champlin Fernald
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