[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A proteinaceous substance, a protein. Also: a protein combined with a sugar, phosphate, metal, or other atom or group.


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Origin:
late 19th century; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From protei- + -id, perhaps after German Proteid (frequently attributed to Felix Hoppe-Seyler, German chemist and physiologist, who used the term in 1870 in his Handbuch der physiologisch- und pathologisch-chemischen Analyse (ed. 3) iii. 215)

[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A salamander of the family Proteidae, which comprises the olm of Europe (Proteus anguinus) and the mud puppy and waterdogs of North America (genus Necturus).


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century; earliest use found in American Naturalist. From scientific Latin Proteus, genus name + -id, after scientific Latin Proteidae, family name

[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Belonging to or characteristic of the family Proteidae.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century; earliest use found in American Naturalist. From scientific Latin Proteus, genus name + -id, after scientific Latin Proteidae, family name