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Bathybius

Bathybius noun: a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.

Noun

Bathybius (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.

Origin of Bathybius

Latin, from Ancient Greek. See bathy-. Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley.

Questions about Bathybius

What does Bathybius mean?
Bathybius means a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.
What part of speech is Bathybius?
Bathybius is a noun.

Words near Bathybius in the dictionary

  1. bathyal zones
  2. bathyarchaeal
  3. bathyarchaeotal
  4. bathybenthic
  5. bathybic
  6. Bathybius
  7. bathycardia
  8. bathycheilid
  9. bathycheilids
  10. bathyclupeid
  11. bathyclupeids

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