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"His pamphlet, On the Mesoblastic Origin of
Excitomotor Nerve Roots, had won him his fellowship
of the Royal Society; and his researches, Upon
the Nature of Bathybius, with some Remarks upon
Lithococci, had been translated into at least three
European languages. "
BATHYBIUS
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Definition: \Ba*thyb"i*us\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? deep + ? life]
(Zo["o]l.)
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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this word has come up a few times... most recently about 18 months ago, when we had a wonderful thread on oceanic terms.. (or was it a hogwash term that Bean knew, and then led into other oceanic teams.)--
you give us great words Dr. Bill, down here below the fold, but there are some great words above too!
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