protobiont
/ˌprəʊtə(ʊ)ˈbʌɪɒnt/Biology
noun
An entity consisting of a small drop of aqueous solution surrounded by a membrane and containing complex organic molecules, hypothesized as ancestral to living cells.
Origin
Late 19th century (in an earlier sense). From proto- + -biont.
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