Source : WordNet®

Huxley
     n 1: 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}]
     2: 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}]
     3: English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory
        of evolution (1825-1895) [syn: {Thomas Huxley}, {Thomas
        Henry Huxley}]