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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
protean
    adj 1: taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling
           protean grey which is never twice the same"
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Protean \Pro"te*an\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus. "
      Protean transformations." --Cudworth.
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   2. Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or
      forms; as, an am[oe]ba is a protean animalcule.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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