Meanings
nounprimeval soup (usually uncountable, plural primeval soups)
plural primeval soups
- uncountableusuallyevolutionary theorybiologyThe supposed liquid mixture of organic compounds which, under the influence of ultraviolet light, lightning etc., gave rise to the first self-replicating structures and, eventually, to life.
Translations
Finnish alkuliemi
- alkuliemimixture of organic compounds which gave rise to life
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