proto-organism
Biology
noun
A primordial or primitive organism; (in early use) †a microorganism (obsolete ).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Lancet. After French proto-organisme.
- household gods
- household goods
- household infantry
- householding
- household linen
- household loaf
- householdly
- householdman
- household management
- householdment
- household name
- householdness
- household product
- householdry
- household science
- household servant
- household stuff
- household suffrage
- household sugar
- household troops
- household word
- householdy
- house-hunt
- house-hunter
- house husband