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Definition of zoophyte in English: zoophytenoun ˈzuːfʌɪtˈzuːəfʌɪtˈzoʊəˌfaɪt Zoology dated A plantlike animal, especially a coral, sea anemone, sponge, or sea lily. 〔动〕〈旧〉植形动物，植虫（如珊瑚、海葵、海绵、海百合等） Example sentencesExamples - A bottle was produced which was said to contain certain zoophytes.
- Sheer chance had placed me in the presence of the most valuable specimens of this zoophyte.
- During those two days of April 11-12, the Nautilus didn't leave the surface of the sea, and its trawl brought up a simply miraculous catch of zoophytes, fish, and reptiles.
- There resulted, he proposed, eleven general grades with man at the apex and the zoophytes at the bottom, the zoophytes being invertebrate animals resembling plants.
- It lists all the rarer plants of the district, and the zoophytes, and devotes a whole chapter to geology.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Greek zōiophuton (see zoo-, -phyte). Definition of zoophyte in US English: zoophytenounˈzōəˌfītˈzoʊəˌfaɪt Zoology dated A plantlike animal, especially a coral, sea anemone, sponge, or sea lily. 〔动〕〈旧〉植形动物，植虫（如珊瑚、海葵、海绵、海百合等） Example sentencesExamples - Sheer chance had placed me in the presence of the most valuable specimens of this zoophyte.
- It lists all the rarer plants of the district, and the zoophytes, and devotes a whole chapter to geology.
- There resulted, he proposed, eleven general grades with man at the apex and the zoophytes at the bottom, the zoophytes being invertebrate animals resembling plants.
- During those two days of April 11-12, the Nautilus didn't leave the surface of the sea, and its trawl brought up a simply miraculous catch of zoophytes, fish, and reptiles.
- A bottle was produced which was said to contain certain zoophytes.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Greek zōiophuton (see zoo-, -phyte). |