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Definition of Zoohyte
Zo"ö*phyte (?), n. [F.
zoophyte, Gr. &?;; zw^,on an animal + &?; plant,
akin to &?; to be born, to be. See Zodiac, and Be,
v. i.] (Zoöl.) (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 Zoöphyta.
Zo"ö*phyte (?), n. [F.
zoophyte, Gr. &?;; zw^,on an animal + &?; plant,
akin to &?; to be born, to be. See Zodiac, and Be,
v. i.] (Zoöl.) (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 Zoöphyta.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Any of various invertebrate animals which resemble plants, such as sponges, corals and sea anemones
zoophyte- (Zoöl.) (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 Zoöphyta.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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