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protobiont

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pro-to-biont
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

From proto- + -biont.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

protobionts (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

protocell

Questions

What does protobiont mean?
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
Where does protobiont come from?
From proto- + -biont.

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