primeval soup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The supposed liquid mixture of organic compounds which, under the influence of ultraviolet light, lightning etc., gave rise to the first self-replicating structures and, eventually, to life.

Word forms

primeval soup primeval soups

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