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  1. 1. n. 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: opted
  2. 2. 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
  3. 3. A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found inmud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposedthat it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of theocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not oforganic, origin. Source: adambom
  4. 4. n. 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: ecdict

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