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1. (n.) zoophyte
any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant, as a coral or a sea anemone.
Etymology: (1615–25; < NL zōophyton < Gk zōióphyton. See zoo -, -phyte)
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1. (noun) zoophyte
any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge
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1. (verb) zoophyte
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
2. (verb) zoophyte
any one of the Zoophyta
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