zoophyte

[ zoh-uh-fahyt ]

/ ˈzoʊ əˌfaɪt /

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noun

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

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Origin of zoophyte

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

zoophilia, zoophilism, zoophilous, zoophobia, zoophorus, zoophyte, zooplankter, zooplankton, zooplasty, zoopraxiscope, zoosemiotics

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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.
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder|James De Mille

Androsaceus is from a Greek word which means an unidentified sea plant or zoophyte.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard

British Dictionary definitions for zoophyte

zoophyte

/ (ˈzəʊəˌfaɪt) /

noun

any animal resembling a plant, such as a sea anemone

Derived forms of zoophyte

zoophytic (ˌzəʊəˈfɪtɪk) or zoophytical, adjective

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