Definitions For Eobiont

Noun

EOBIONT (plural EOBIONTs) a hypothetical primordial life-form or chemical precursor to a living organism an artificially created creature; a frankenstein's monster

Etymology

{{confix, en, eo, biont}}

Quotations

1993, Manfred Eigen, Ruthild Winkler, Laws of the Game : 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 : 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).