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Zoophyte

Zoophyte Meaning & Definition
Zoophyte Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Zoophyte?

[n] any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge

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See Also | invertebrate

Zoophyte In Webster's Dictionary

\Zo"["o]*phyte\, n. [F. zoophyte, Gr. ?; zw^,on an animal + ? plant, akin to ? to be born, to be. See {Zodiac}, and {Be}, v. i.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids. (b) Any one of the Zo["o]phyta.

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