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PRONUNCIATION OF BATHYBIUS

bathybius  [bəˈθɪbɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BATHYBIUS

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Bathybius is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BATHYBIUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bathybius haeckelii

Bathybius haeckelii was a substance that British biologist Thomas Henry Huxley discovered and initially believed to be a form of primordial matter, a source of all organic life. He later admitted his mistake when it proved to be just the product of a chemical process. In 1868 Huxley studied an old sample of mud from the Atlantic seafloor taken in 1857. When he first examined it, he had found only protozoan cells and placed the sample into a jar of alcohol to preserve it. Now he noticed that the sample contained an albuminous slime that appeared to be criss-crossed with veins. Huxley thought he had discovered a new organic substance and named it Bathybius haeckelii, in honor of German philosopher Ernst Haeckel. Haeckel had theorized about Urschleim, a protoplasm from which all life had originated. Huxley thought Bathybius could be that protoplasm, a missing link between inorganic matter and organic life. Huxley published a description of Bathybius and also wrote to Haeckel to tell him about it. Haeckel was impressed and flattered and procured a sample for himself.

Definition of bathybius in the English dictionary

The definition of bathybius in the dictionary is a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BATHYBIUS


alias
ˈeɪlɪəs
amphibious
æmˈfɪbɪəs
Aquarius
əˈkwɛərɪəs
Bierce
bɪəs
curious
ˈkjʊərɪəs
dubious
ˈdjuːbɪəs
Eusebius
juːˈsiːbɪəs
genius
ˈdʒiːnɪəs
hilarious
hɪˈlɛərɪəs
indubious
ɪnˈdjuːbɪəs
miscellaneous
ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs
obvious
ˈɒbvɪəs
plumbeous
ˈplʌmbɪəs
Polybius
pəʊˈlɪbɪəs
previous
ˈpriːvɪəs
rubious
ˈruːbɪəs
scabious
ˈskeɪbɪəs
serious
ˈsɪərɪəs
triphibious
traɪˈfɪbɪəs
various
ˈvɛərɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BATHYBIUS

bathtub
bathtub race
Bathurst
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bathyal
bathygraphic
bathylimnetic
bathylithic
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bathymeter
bathymetric
bathymetrical
bathymetrically
bathymetry
bathypelagic
bathyscape
bathyscaph
bathyscaphe
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WORDS THAT END LIKE BATHYBIUS

Aloysius
Antonius
Aurelius
Celsius
Claudius
Comenius
Confucius
gladius
Ignatius
Marius
Mauritius
radius
Sagittarius
sartorius
Sibelius
Sirius
Stradivarius
turning radius
Vesuvius
Vilnius

Synonyms and antonyms of bathybius in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bathybius» into 25 languages

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BATHYBIUS»

The term «bathybius» is used very little and occupies the 183.962 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BATHYBIUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bathybius

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BATHYBIUS»

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Popular Science
a critique of this subject. We will endeavor, by impartially weighing the facts, to form an unprejudiced judgment on Bathybius, now so decried and so generally discredited. With respect to dead Bathybius — deep-sea ooze brought from the ...
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Deep-sea Biology
In narrower terms also, Bathybius came at an appropriate time, for it gave a new view of the problem of how deep-sea animals obtained food. Wallich (1862), as I have described, envisioned a process akin to chemosynthesis occurring in the ...
Gilbert T Rowe, 1983
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Encyclopedia of Astrobiology
Bathybius. Haeckelii. Definition. In June 1857, the Britannic ship “The Cyclops” found a very special matter on the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. Some chemists and biologists considered that is was a very simple living matter and thought ...
Muriel Gargaud, Ricardo Amils, Henderson James Cleaves, 2011
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Accounts Rendered of Work Done and Things Seen
Although Bathybius was discovered by Huxley it was Haeckel who popularised it. His paper on "Bathybius und das freie Protoplasma der Meerestiefen1," is one of the most fascinating memoirs that has ever been written. In reviewing Huxley's ...
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Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: ...
The Duke of Argyll, in telling the story of Bathybius, says that my mind was " caught by this new and grand generalisation of the physical basis of life." I never have been guilty of a reclamation about anything to my credit, and I do not mean to be; ...
Thomas Henry Huxley, 2012
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Popular Science
Bessels assigns to these the name of Protobathybius, but they are apparently indistinguishable from the Bathybius of the Porcupine. Further arguments against the reality of Bathybius will therefore be needed before a doctrine founded on ...
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Popular Science
Mr. Cook, however, returns to the subject in his third lecture, and edifies his intelligent Boston audience by closing with the following whoop : '' That Bathybius has been discovered in 1875 by the ship Challenger, to be — hear 0 heavens! and ...
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The Beast in Sheep's Clothing: Exposing the Lies of Godless ...
discovered a species called Bathybius haeckelii, Darwin's long-anticipated formless, non-nucleated, homogenous albumin capable of nourishment and reproduction. So the Challenger expedition was commissioned in 1872 to search out and ...
Lindsey, David Michael
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Sparks of Life: Darwinism and the Victorian Debates Over ...
Indeed, Huxley's declaration that Bathybius on the sea bottom represented a primitive, poorly organized mass of protoplasm was read by many in England, as well as by Ernst Haeckel, as a proof of spontaneous generation.117 George C.
James E Strick, 2009
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Darwin's Lost World: The hidden history of animal life
The. Bathybius. mystery. To understand the Eozoon debate we need first to inhabit the thought-worlds of both Huxley and Carpenter. Both were committed evolutionists, of course. But neither seem to have been committed 'Darwinists' in the ...
Martin Brasier, 2009

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BATHYBIUS»

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Maybe if We Throw Enough Models at the Origin of Life...
So one and a half centuries of research have not yet turned up a single entity that, like Thomas Huxley's hoped-for Bathybius haeckelii, is on its ... «Discovery Institute, Mar 14»
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800 tickets to Bill Nye / Ken Ham cosmology debate sell out
What about Bathybius Haeckelii, Ota Benga, Piltdown Man, Nebraska Man, Java Man, Orce Man, Neandertal Man, Peking Man, Flores Man, ... «WDRB, Jan 14»
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Science for Stupid Idiots
Not just the brontosaurus, but epicycles, philostogen, contact static electricity, bathybius, among others. General relativity and quantum theory ... «American Thinker, Sep 11»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bathybius [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bathybius>. May 2024 ».
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