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Webster 1913 Edition

Zoophyte

Zo′o-phyte

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Noun.
[F.
zoophyte
, Gr. [GREEK];
ζῶ,ον
an animal + [GREEK] plant, akin to [GREEK] to be born, to be. See
Zodiac
, and
Be
,
Verb.
I.
]
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids.
(b)
Any one of the Zoophyta.

Webster 1828 Edition

Zoophyte

ZOOPHYTE

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Noun.
[Gr., an animal; a plant.] In natural history, a body supposed to partake of the nature both of an animal and a vegetable, such as madrepores, millepores, corallines, &c.

Definition 2024

zoophyte

zoophyte

See also: zoöphyte

English

Alternative forms

Noun

zoophyte ‎(plural zoophytes)

  1. (zoology) Any of various invertebrate animals which resemble plants, such as sponges, corals and sea anemones.

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Etymology

From New Latin zōophyton, from Ancient Greek ζωόφῠτον ‎(zōóphuton). Surface reading of zoo- ‎(“animal”) +‎ -phyte ‎(“plant”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzəʊəfaɪt/

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