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proteus
UK/ˈpɹəʊ.tjuːs/US/ˈpɹoʊ.ti.əs/
noun
What it means
- Any of many gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Proteus, several of which are responsible for human infections.
In a sentence
"I am known as the Old Man of the Sea, but back in my day, people called me Proteus. "No way!" Egan said. "This guy had Poseidon's job before Poseidon."
2026, James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts, Dr. Zeus, page 209
Where it comes from
From the genus name.
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