Pro*test"ing*ly, adv. By way of protesting.
Pro"te*us (?), n. [L., Gr. &?;.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A sea god in the
service of Neptune who assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who
easily changes his appearance or principles.
2. (Zoˆl.) (a) A genus of aquatic eel-shaped amphibians found in caves
in Austria. They have permanent external gills as well as lungs. The
eyes are small and the legs are weak. (b) A changeable protozoan; an
amúba.
{ Pro`tha*la"mi*on (?), Pro`tha*la"mi*um (?), } n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
before + &?; chamber, especially, the bridal chamber.] A song in
celebration of a marriage. Drayton.
||Pro*thal"li*um (?), n.; pl. Prothallia (#). [NL.] (Bot.) Same as
||Prothallus.
||Pro*thal"lus (?), n.; pl. Prothalli (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; before +
||&?; a young shoot.] (Bot.) The minute primary growth from the spore
||of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs;
||the oˆphoric generation of ferns, etc.
||Proth"e*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a placing in public, fr. &?; to
||set before; &?; before + &?; to set, put.] 1. (Eccl.) A credence
||table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church.