"protobiont" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: protobionts [plural]
Etymology: proto- + -biont Etymology templates: {{confix|en|proto|biont}} proto- + -biont Head templates: {{en-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 Wikipedia link: protobiont Related terms: protocell

Inflected forms

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