Hyphenation of Proteus

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Proteus? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Pro-teus

Definitions of Proteus:

1.	(Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon Was capable of changing his shape at will
2.	Type genus of the Proteidae

Synonyms of Proteus:

noun	Proteus, Greek deity
noun	Proteus, genus Proteus, amphibian genus

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