eobiont

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UK/ˌiːəʊˈbaɪɒnt/US/ˌiːoʊˈbaɪɑnt/

noun

A hypothetical primordial life-form or chemical precursor to a living organism.

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Meanings

nouneobiont (plural eobionts)

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

Origin

From eo- + -biont.

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APA

eobiont. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eobiont

MLA

“eobiont.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eobiont. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eobiont,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eobiont.

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