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Webster 1913 Edition

Proteidea

‖

Proˊte-id′e-a

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL. See

, and

.]

(Zool.)

An order of aquatic amphibians having prominent external gills and four legs. It includes Proteus and Menobranchus (

Necturus

). Called also

Proteoidea

, and

Proteida

.