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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Qualifier: evolutionary theory
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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