zoophyte
Americannoun
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Origin of zoophyte
1615–25; < New Latin zōophyton < Greek zōióphyton. See zoo-, -phyte
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This peculiar zoophyte was known as the gasternowl.
From The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar by Bradshaw, William Richard
My own belief is," said Priscilla, "that she simply trotted out those zoophyte things and the British Museum when she found that we weren't inclined to swallow the ordinary sponge.
From Priscilla's Spies by Birmingham, George A.
We may consider the polypi in a zoophyte, or the buds in a tree, as cases where the division of the individual has not been completely effected.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles
I wish I was, like some worthy people I know, a mere human zoophyte, consisting of nothing but a mouth and a stomach.
From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
Certainly in this zoophyte such appeared to be the case.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles
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