protobiont

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English

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Etymology

From proto- +‎ -biont.

Noun

protobiont (plural protobionts)

  1. An aggregation of organic molecules, surrounded by a membrane, that abiotically coalesces into resemblances of living matter; thought to be the precursors of prokaryotic cells

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