zoophyte

[ zoh-uh-fahyt ]

noun
  1. any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant, as a coral or a sea anemone.

Origin of zoophyte

1
1615–25; <New Latin zōophyton<Greek zōióphyton.See zoo-, -phyte

Other words from zoophyte

  • zo·o·phyt·ic [zoh-uh-fit-ik], /ˌzoʊ əˈfɪt ɪk/, zo·o·phyt·i·cal, adjective

Words Nearby zoophyte

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How to use zoophyte in a sentence

  • I wish I was, like some worthy people I know, a mere human zoophyte, consisting of nothing but a mouth and a stomach.

    In the Days of My Youth | Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
  • The sermon was not exactly "Greek" to them, but it was all "zoophyte."

    Prisoner for Blasphemy | G. W. [George William] Foote
  • This zoophyte twines itself parasitically upon a species of Sertularia.

    Glaucus | Charles Kingsley
  • Suffering has been the lot of all living things, from the giant of the primeval swamps down to the smallest zoophyte.

  • Androsaceus is from a Greek word which means an unidentified sea plant or zoophyte.

British Dictionary definitions for zoophyte

zoophyte

/ (ˈzəʊəˌfaɪt) /


noun
  1. any animal resembling a plant, such as a sea anemone

Derived forms of zoophyte

  • zoophytic (ˌzəʊəˈfɪtɪk) or zoophytical, adjective

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