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Definition of Proteus anguinus
1. Noun. European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proteus Anguinus
Literary usage of Proteus anguinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1832)
"A Historical and Anatomical Description of a doubtful amphibious Animal of Germany,
called, by Laurenti, Proteus anguinus. By Charles Schreibers, MD of ..."
2. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by Royal Society of Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society, David Brewster, Robert Jameson (1821)
"U Panel which is slipped aside to admit the player. Ani'. XXXI.—Observations on
the Natural History and Structure of'the Proteus anguinus. By Sig. ..."
3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1853)
"Some account of the Proteus anguinus. By JC DALTON Junior, MD In the Austrian
province of Carniola there are a large number of grottoes, ..."
4. A Tour in Germany: And Some of the Southern Provinces of the Austrian Empire by John Russell (1828)
"... the only European abodes of that anomalous little creature, the Proteus anguinus.
Some living specimens which I saw in the possession of a peasant in ..."