GENUS PROTEUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Proteidae

Synonyms:

genus Proteus; Proteus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)