PROTEUS ANGUINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Proteus anguinus mean? 

• PROTEUS ANGUINUS (noun)
  The noun PROTEUS ANGUINUS has 1 sense:

1. European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves

  Familiarity information: PROTEUS ANGUINUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTEUS ANGUINUS (noun)

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Meaning:

European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

olm; Proteus anguinus

Hypernyms ("Proteus anguinus" is a kind of...):

salamander (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)

Holonyms ("Proteus anguinus" is a member of...):

genus Proteus; Proteus (type genus of the Proteidae)