eobiont

English

Etymology

eo- +‎ -biont

Noun

eobiont (plural eobionts)

  1. a hypothetical primordial life-form or chemical precursor to a living organism
  2. an artificially created creature; a Frankenstein's monster

Quotations
  • 1993, Manfred Eigen, Ruthild Winkler, Laws of the Game
    Only when “eobionts”—primordial organisms equipped with a primitive metabolism—began to multiply efficiently was this material used up.
  • 2003, Michael Cronin, Translation and Globalization
    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).
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