BATHYBIUS

Etymology

Noun

Bathybius (uncountable)

(zoology, obsolete) 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.

Source: Wiktionary

Ba*thyb"i*us, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. deep + life] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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