eobiont

Definition

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

Etymology

From eo- + -biont.

Example Sentences

• "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)."