# Bathybius

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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