eobiont

Definitions

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

Examples

“Only when “eobionts”—primordial organisms equipped with a primitive metabolism—began to multiply⟳ efficiently was this material used up.”

“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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