zoophyte
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of zoophyte
1615–25; < New Latin zōophyton < Greek zōióphyton. See zoo-, -phyte
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Example Sentences
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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
Every point was occupied by some feathery tuft of lovely tints, while from each cleft projected the feelers of some sea-anemone or zoophyte.
From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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
Elsley came, and looked; and when he looked he started, for it was the very same zoophyte which Thurnall had shown him on a certain memorable day.
From Two Years Ago, Volume II. by Kingsley, Charles
Androsaceus is from a Greek word which means an unidentified sea plant or zoophyte.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
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