zoophyte

[ zoh-uh-fahyt ]

noun

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

zoophyte

/ ˌzəʊəˈfɪtɪk; ˈzəʊəˌfaɪt /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• zoophytic, adjective

Other Words From

• zo·o·phyt·ic [zoh-, uh, -, fit, -ik], zoo·phyti·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of zoophyte¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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The sermon was not exactly "Greek" to them, but it was all "zoophyte."

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This Zoophyte twines itself parasitically upon a species of Sertularia.

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Suffering has been the lot of all living things, from the giant of the primeval swamps down to the smallest zoophyte.

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

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