Bathybius

[bә'θibiәs]

Definition

(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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Definition

n. name given to a supposed low form of life at the bottom of some parts of the deep sea.

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