zoophyte

Historical Examples of zoophyte

• They consist of a cluster of rocks, formed by the zoophyte, or coral worm.

  Frank Mildmay

  Captain Frederick Marryat

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

  Prisoner for Blasphemy

  G. W. [George William] Foote

• This bivalve is only known to inhabit the Indian Ocean, where it fixes itself to a zoophyte, known by the name Gorgonia.

  The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1

  Gilbert White

• In complexity, our large civilized nations as much exceed primitive savage tribes, as a mammal does a zoophyte.

  Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I

  Herbert Spencer

• The little species use the leaves and stems of water-plants; the larger species use seaweed and zoophyte.

  The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4)

  J. Arthur Thomson