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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Proteus  \Pro"te*us\,  n.  [L.,  Gr  ?.] 
  1.  (Class.  Myth.)  A  sea  god  in  the  service  of  Neptune  who 
  assumed  different  shapes  at  will  Hence  one  who  easily 
  changes  his  appearance  or  principles. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  A  genus  of  aquatic  eel-shaped  amphibians  found  in 
  caves  in  Austria.  They  have  permanent  external  gills 
  as  well  as  lungs.  The  eyes  are  small  and  the  legs  are 
  weak. 
  b  A  changeable  protozoan;  an  am[oe]ba. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Proteus 
  n  1:  (Greek  mythology)  a  prophetic  god  who  served  Poseidon;  was 
  capable  of  changing  his  shape  at  will  [syn:  {Proteus}] 
  2:  type  genus  of  the  Proteidae  [syn:  {Proteus},  {genus  Proteus}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  PROTEUS 
 
  An  extensible  language,  the  core  of  {PARSEC}. 
 
  ["The  Design  of  a  Minimal  Expandable  Computer  Language", 
  J.R.  Bell,  PhD  Thesis,  CS  {Stanford  University}  (Dec  1968)]. 
 
 




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