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Webster 1913 Edition
Zoophyta
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Zo-oph′y-ta
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr.
ζῶ,ον
an animal + φυτόν
a plant.] (Zool.)
An extensive artificial and heterogeneous group of animals, formerly adopted by many Zoologists. It included the cœlenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa, Protozoa, etc.
☞ Sometimes the name is restricted to the Cœlentera, or to the Anthozoa.