eobiont

English

Etymology

Fromeo-+‎-biont.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)enPR:ēōʹbīʹŏnt,IPA^(key):/ˌiːəʊˈbaɪɒnt/
• (General American)enPR:ēōʹbī′änt,IPA^(key):/ˌiːoʊˈbaɪɑnt/

Noun

eobiont(pluraleobionts)

1. a hypothetical primordial life-form or chemical precursor to a living organism
2. anartificiallycreatedcreature;aFrankenstein's monster

Quotations

• 1993,Manfred Eigen, Ruthild Winkler,Laws of the Game[1]

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

• 2003,Michael Cronin,Translation and Globalization[2]

  In the Dutch novelist Harry Mulisch’sThe Procedure,the protagonist Victor Werker is the creator of artificial life in the form of theEobiont(Mulisch 2001).