Dictionary

bioneer en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of biological + pioneer or biological + engineer, possibly coined by Kenny Ausubel.

Meanings

1. (neologism) A biological pioneer, an inventer of environmental solutions and biotechnology; a crafter of creative solutions to environmental and sociocultural problems.
   • A high environmental impact of an industry significantly reduces the likelihood of a firm to be classified as a bioneer or ecopreneur. 2009, Gary D. Libecap, Frontiers in Eco-Entrepreneurship Research, →ISBN, page 140:
2. A biological engineer, an engineer of creatures, especially partially artificial/mechanical ones.
   • Beneath the coat, a metal frame of gears and levers and wheels: living bone, tendon, sinew holding it together. A bioneer’s wet dream. 2002, Trent Jamieson, Garry Nurrish, Redsine, 7, →ISBN, page 13:

Forms

Relateds

biotechnology

bioneer en · VERB

Etymology

Blend of biological + pioneer or biological + engineer, possibly coined by Kenny Ausubel.

Meanings

1. (neologism) To pioneer biologically.
   • The only thing you can truly say, and I think this is a very safe statement, is if you can't figure out how to bioneer, bioneer with a b, you're not going anywhere. 2006, John Logan, NASA physician, at the Space Frontier Foundation's "New Space Return to the Moon Conference" (2006): Panel SFF1484 at 1:15:25
2. To engineer biologically.
   • […] an open space that would not have been possible a millennium earlier, before the development of sophisticated bioneering. 2002, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Octagonal Raven, →ISBN, page 90:
   • Devon scowled. "This is clever bioneering. A muttie that dies before it lives." 2002, Trent Jamieson, Garry Nurrish, Redsine, 7, →ISBN, page 11:
   • The cows were bioneered so urbs could have fresh milk, laced with graces — vitamins and serums conveyed in compact, pet-like packages. Even their shit is boutiqued. It falls in uniform pellets and smells like Zen. 2007, Peter Jay Shippy, How to build the ghost in your attic: a book-length poem, page 21:
   • Lost beneath her abundant flesh was a vestigial skeleton which floated disconnected and unmoving in a gelatinous sea. Her bioneered organs were swollen to immense proportions and hundreds of liters of blood pumped through her extensive circulatory system. 1975, Thomas F. Monteleone, edited by Roger Elwood, Dystopian visions, page 3:

Forms