See Proteus on Wiktionary
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},
{
"english": "infraphylum",
"sense": "genus of Plethodontidae",
"translation": "infraphylum",
"word": "Gnathostomata"
},
{
"english": "superclass",
"sense": "genus of Plethodontidae",
"translation": "superclass",
"word": "Tetrapoda"
},
{
"english": "family",
"sense": "genus of Plethodontidae",
"tags": [
"class"
],
"translation": "family",
"word": "Amphibia"
},
{
"english": "subclass",
"sense": "genus of Plethodontidae",
"translation": "subclass",
"word": "Lissamphibia"
},
{
"english": "order",
"sense": "genus of Plethodontidae",
"translation": "order",
"word": "Caudata"
},
{
"english": "suborder",
"sense": "genus of Plethodontidae",
"translation": "suborder",
"word": "Salamandroidea"
},
{
"english": "family",
"sense": "genus of Plethodontidae",
"translation": "family",
"word": "Proteidae"
},
{
"english": "superkingdom",
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"translation": "superkingdom",
"word": "Prokaryota"
},
{
"english": "kingdom",
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"translation": "kingdom",
"word": "Bacteria"
},
{
"english": "subkingdom",
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"translation": "subkingdom",
"word": "Negibacteria"
},
{
"english": "phylum",
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"translation": "phylum",
"word": "Pseudomonadota"
},
{
"english": "family",
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"tags": [
"class"
],
"translation": "family",
"word": "Gammaproteobacteria"
},
{
"english": "order",
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"translation": "order",
"word": "Enterobacterales"
},
{
"english": "family",
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"translation": "family",
"word": "Enterobacteriaceae"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"english": "sole species",
"sense": "genus of Plethodontidae",
"translation": "sole species",
"word": "Proteus anguinus"
},
{
"english": "type species",
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"translation": "type species",
"word": "Proteus vulgaris"
},
{
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"word": "Proteus alimentorum"
},
{
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"word": "Proteus cibarius"
},
{
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"word": "Proteus columbae"
},
{
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"word": "Proteus hauseri"
},
{
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"word": "Proteus mirabilis"
},
{
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"word": "Proteus myxofaciens"
},
{
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"word": "Proteus penneri"
},
{
"english": "selected other species",
"sense": "genus of Enterobacteriaceae",
"translation": "selected other species",
"word": "Proteus terrae"
}
],
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"pos": "name",
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{
"categories": [
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"mul:Taxonomic names (genus)"
],
"glosses": [
"A taxonomic genus within the family Proteidae – single amphibian species Proteus anguinus (the olm)."
],
"links": [
[
"genus",
"genus#English"
],
[
"family",
"family#English"
],
[
"Proteidae",
"Proteidae#Translingual"
],
[
"amphibian",
"amphibian"
],
[
"olm",
"olm"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"mul:Taxonomic names (genus)"
],
"glosses": [
"A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae – several bacteria responsible for human urinary tract infections."
],
"links": [
[
"genus",
"genus#English"
],
[
"family",
"family#English"
],
[
"Enterobacteriaceae",
"Enterobacteriaceae#Translingual"
],
[
"bacteria",
"bacteria"
],
[
"urinary tract",
"urinary tract"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "Proteus"
}
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"args": {
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},
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"args": {},
"expansion": "Proteus",
"name": "tr-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
"Turkish lemmas",
"Turkish proper nouns",
"tr:Astronomy",
"tr:Moons of Neptune"
],
"glosses": [
"Proteus"
],
"links": [
[
"astronomy",
"astronomy"
],
[
"Proteus",
"Proteus#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(astronomy) Proteus"
],
"topics": [
"astronomy",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"word": "Proteus"
}
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