Synonyms of huxley

Noun


1. Huxley, Andrew Huxley, Andrew Fielding Huxley

usage: English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)

2. Huxley, Aldous Huxley, Aldous Leonard Huxley

usage: English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)

3. Huxley, Thomas Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley

usage: English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)

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