eobiont

English

Etymology

From eo- +‎ -biont.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

eobiont (plural eobionts)

1. a hypothetical primordial life-form or chemical precursor to a living organism
2. an artificially created creature; a Frankenstein'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’s The Procedure, the protagonist Victor Werker is the creator of artificial life in the form of the Eobiont (Mulisch 2001).