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eobiont

UK/ˌiːəʊˈbaɪɒnt/US/ˌiːoʊˈbaɪɑnt/

eobiont noun: a hypothetical primordial life-form or chemical precursor to a living organism.

Noun

eobiont (plural eobionts)

  1. A hypothetical primordial life-form or chemical precursor to a living organism.
    • Only when “eobionts”—primordial organisms equipped with a primitive metabolism—began to multiply efficiently was this material used up.1993, Manfred Eigen, Ruthild Winkler, Laws of the Game http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0691025665&id=DPhl9EjQ86gC&pg=PA244&lpg=PA244&dq=eobionts&sig=0HMykNhJ2ubrM_DhG_Mkf1hYoN8
  2. An artificially created creature; a Frankenstein's monster.
    • In the Dutch novelist Harry Mulisch’s The Procedure, the protagonist Victor Werker is the creator of artificial life in the form of the Eobiont (Mulisch 2001).2003, Michael Cronin, Translation and Globalization http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0691025665&id=DPhl9EjQ86gC&pg=PA244&lpg=PA244&dq=eobionts&sig=0HMykNhJ2ubrM_DhG_Mkf1hYoN8

Forms of eobiont

pluraleobionts

Origin of eobiont

From eo- + -biont.

Questions about eobiont

What does eobiont mean?
Eobiont means a hypothetical primordial life-form or chemical precursor to a living organism.
What part of speech is eobiont?
Eobiont is a noun.
How do you pronounce eobiont?
Eobiont is pronounced /ˌiːəʊˈbaɪɒnt/ (UK).
What is the plural of eobiont?
The plural of eobiont is eobionts.

Words near eobiont in the dictionary

  1. eoan
  2. Eoarchean
  3. EOB
  4. eobaatarid
  5. eobaatarids
  6. eobiont
  7. eobionts
  8. eobiotic
  9. eobiotics
  10. EOC
  11. eocardiid

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