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zoophytes

zoophytes is the plural of zoophyte.

Meaning of zoophyte

Noun

zoophyte (plural zoophytes)

  1. (historical) An animal thought to have the characteristics of a plant, later specifically an invertebrate of the (former) group Zoophyta, comprising sponges, corals and sea anemones.
  2. (historical) A plant believed to have the characteristics of an animal, especially a sensitive plant or vegetable lamb.
    • And besides, as there are many Zoophyts, and sensitive Plants […] so have we, in some Authors, Instances of Plants turning into Animals, and Animals into Plants, and the like […]1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XIX

Questions about zoophytes

What is zoophytes the plural of?
Zoophytes is the plural of zoophyte.

Words near zoophytes in the dictionary

  1. zoophysiologist
  2. zoophysiologists
  3. zoophysiology
  4. zoophytal
  5. zoophyte
  6. zoophytes
  7. zoophytic
  8. zoophytical
  9. zoophytographer
  10. zoophytographers
  11. zoophytography

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