noun
1. English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)
• Syn: ↑Aldous Huxley, ↑Aldous Leonard Huxley
2. English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)
• Syn: ↑Andrew Huxley, ↑Andrew Fielding Huxley
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑physiologist
3. English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)
• Syn: ↑Thomas Huxley, ↑Thomas Henry Huxley
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑biologist, ↑life scientist
Useful english dictionary. 2012.