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) A hypothetical primordial life-form or chemical precursor to a living organism. 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. An artificially created creature; a Frankenstein's monster. 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).