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Bathybius

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(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bathybius'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bathybius.html. 1828.
 
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