huxley

Noun huxley has 3 senses

• huxley(n = noun.person) andrew fielding huxley, andrew huxley - English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917);
is a kind of physiologist

• huxley(n = noun.person) aldous huxley, aldous leonard huxley - English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963);
is a kind of author, writer

• huxley(n = noun.person) thomas henry huxley, thomas huxley - English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895);
is a kind of biologist, life scientist
Derived forms adjective huxleian₁, adjective huxleyan₁