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Protoorganism

Protoorganism \Pro`to*["o]r"gan*ism\, n. [Proto- + organism.] (Biol.) An organism whose nature is so difficult to determine that it might be referred to either the animal or the vegetable kingdom.

Usage examples of "protoorganism".

Perhaps when this much matter becomes highly charged, a sort of massive protoorganism is formed.