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bathybius

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bathy-bius
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Questions

What does bathybius mean?
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.
Where does bathybius come from?
Latin, from Ancient Greek. See bathy-. Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley.

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