WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: Huxley, 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: Huxley, Aldous Huxley, Aldous
       Leonard Huxley]
    3: English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory
       of evolution (1825-1895) [syn: Huxley, Thomas Huxley,
       Thomas Henry Huxley]