protoorganism

noun

Etymology

From proto- + organism.

  1. derived from organismus
  2. derived from *werǵ-
  3. prefixed as protoorganism — “proto + organism

Definitions

  1. An organism whose nature is so difficult to determine that it might be referred to either…

    An organism whose nature is so difficult to determine that it might be referred to either the animal or the vegetable kingdom.

    • This tree represents a complex “phylogeny” of macromolecules all within one ancestral lineage, before the proto-organism.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for protoorganism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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