eobiont

n. [生]原生物(生命起源中的一个假想阶段)

发音

UK /ˌiːəʊˈbaɪɒnt/
US /ˌiːoʊˈbaɪɑnt/

词形变化

eobionts 复数 eobionts

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

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

  2. 2.

    An artificially created creature; a Frankenstein's monster.

    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).

词源

From eo- + -biont.

来源：wiktionary