Urschleim

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noun

Primordial soup; the protoplasm from which all life originated, according to a theory of the German biologist Ernst Haeckel.

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Meanings

nounUrschleim (uncountable)
  1. uncountablePrimordial soup; the protoplasm from which all life originated, according to a theory of the German biologist Ernst Haeckel.

Origin

  1. GermanUrschleim
  2. EnglishUrschleim

From German Urschleim, from ur- + Schleim (“slime”), “primordial slime”.

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Urschleim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Urschleim

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Chicago

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