• (n.) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin.
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<zoology> A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Deep + life. ... Source: We...
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Ba·thyb'i·us noun [ New Latin , from Greek
baqy`s deep +
bi`os life]
(Zoology) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large par...
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Bathybius was a name given by Huxley to a supposed organism found in some preserved examples of deep-sea ooze obtained by Captain Dayman in 1857, while dredging in HMS Cyclops, in connection with the laying of the Atlantic cable. Huxley's description was published in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science in 1868. Eventually it was shown by...
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bathybius A name given by Professor Thomas Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it consisted of free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin. More details about bathybius Bathyb...
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