Definition of zoophytes Zoophytes
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What does zoophytes mean?
Wiktionary 
- zoophytes (Noun)
Plural of zoophyte.
Part of speech
🔤- zoophytes, noun, plural of zoophyte.
WordNet
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| zoophyte - any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge |
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Wiktionary
- zoophyte (Noun)
Any of various invertebrate animals which resemble plants, such as sponges, corals and sea anemone s.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- zoophyte (v. i.)
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. - zoophyte (v. i.)
Any one of the Zoophyta.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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zoophyte
A term compounded of two Greek words, signifying animal-plant, vaguely applied to various low forms of animal organizations, as the sea-anemones and coral animals, which present a certain superficial resemblance to plants.
Part of speech
🔤- zoophyte, noun, singular of zoophytes.
