Usually means: Shape-shifting sea god, versatility.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word Proteus:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. Proteus, proteus: Merriam-Webster
  2. Proteus, Proteus, proteus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Proteus, proteus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Proteus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Proteus: Vocabulary.com
  6. Proteus, proteus: Wordnik
  7. proteus: Wiktionary
  8. Proteus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Proteus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Proteus: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Proteus: Dictionary.com
  12. Proteus (DC comics), Proteus (Greek myth), Proteus (Marvel Comics), Proteus (The Two Gentlemen of Verona), Proteus (WAM-V), Proteus (amphibian), Proteus (bacterium), Proteus (disambiguation), Proteus (moon), Proteus (mythological character), Proteus (mythology), Proteus (programming language), Proteus (proteomics software), Proteus (satellite), Proteus (submarine), Proteus (video game), Proteus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Proteus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. proteus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Proteus: Rhymezone
  16. Proteus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. proteus: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. Proteus: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. proteus: FreeDictionary.org
  20. proteus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Proteus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. Proteus: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Proteus: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PROTEUS: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Proteus (Greek mythology), Proteus (animal), Proteus (mythology), Proteus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. proteus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Proteus (Greek mythology), Proteus (animal), Proteus (mythology), Proteus: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PROTEUS: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PROTEUS: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Proteus, The Proteus: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See protei as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Proteus)

noun:  (Greek mythology) A sea god who could change his shape at will.
noun:  (astronomy) The sixth satellite of the planet Neptune.
noun:  Any of many gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Proteus, several of which are responsible for human infections.

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