protean

About 0.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.

   An amoeba is a protean animalcule.

2. adjective Alternative letter-case form of Protean: of or relating to Proteus.
3. noun A protein that has been slightly modified by water, dilute acid, or enzymes, but not modified to the extent of a metaprotein.

Similar words

variable shapechanging mutable morphable deformable transformable plastic formable flexible figurable

Often followed by

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