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zoophyte
[ zoh-uh-fahyt ]
noun
- any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant, as a coral or a sea anemone.
zoophyte
/ ˌzəʊəˈfɪtɪk; ˈzəʊəˌfaɪt /
noun
- any animal resembling a plant, such as a sea anemone
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Derived Forms
- zoophytic, adjective
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Other Words From
- zo·o·phyt·ic [zoh-, uh, -, fit, -ik], zoo·phyti·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
I wish I was, like some worthy people I know, a mere human zoophyte, consisting of nothing but a mouth and a stomach.
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The sermon was not exactly "Greek" to them, but it was all "zoophyte."
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This Zoophyte twines itself parasitically upon a species of Sertularia.
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Suffering has been the lot of all living things, from the giant of the primeval swamps down to the smallest zoophyte.
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Androsaceus is from a Greek word which means an unidentified sea plant or zoophyte.
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