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Proteus

NOUN
  1. type genus of the Proteidae
  2. (Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will

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  • Helping him to do so, meanwhile, is Proteus' feisty betrothed, Marina, who gives as good as she gets in helping to ensure Sinbad doesn't stray from his path, while winning over the respect of his crew.
  • Luckily for us, although they have some fussy tastes, many of the bacteria they like to eat are major pathogens, so they eat proteus and proteus is a bacterium that causes a lot of urinary tract infections.
  • Objective To observe the recovery, proliferation and growth of Proteus Mirabilis (PM) and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (PA) in a low frequency weak electric field (LFWEF).
  • Nature is more protean than Bacon dreamed: Proteus merely assumes different shapes; nature shifts between whole realities.
  • When she went to that lady with the ring, she was most glad to find that Silvia utterly rejected the suit of Proteus; and Julia, or the page Sebastian as she was called, entered into conversation with Silvia about Proteus’ first love, the forsaken lady Julia. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
  • Proteus, now looking earnestly upon her, plainly perceived that the page was no other than Julia.
  • Surgeon Pavy's angry protests compelled the sending back in the "Proteus" -- paralleling the sending back of Coleburne in the pink -- of one member of the company; and Lieutenant Henry Hudson A Brief Statement of His Aims and His Achievements
  • The magnified parade of protozoas, amoeba proteus and paramecia aurelia, with spirogyras and volvox green algae, amazed the kids.
  • Meeks' own concluding essay, The Christian Proteus, reminds us of the shape-changing aspect of Paul, a daimon who questions us just when we think we are questioning him.
  • There he found Nicholas the fish, spread out in all his glory, like a polypod awash, or a basking turtle, or a well-fed calf of Proteus. Mary Anerley
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