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GENUS PROTEUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Proteus mean?
• GENUS PROTEUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PROTEUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Proteidae
Familiarity information: GENUS PROTEUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Proteidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Proteus; Proteus
Hypernyms ("genus Proteus" is a kind of...):
amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "genus Proteus"):
olm; Proteus anguinus (European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves)
Holonyms ("genus Proteus" is a member of...):
family Proteidae; Proteidae (mud puppies)
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