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zoophite

A form of zoophyte — 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.

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Meanings

nounzoophite (plural zoophites)

plural zoophites

alternativeAlternative spelling of zoophyte.
The lower bed is three feet five inches in thickness, contains less of the zoophite, and fewer fossils than the upper, but the siliceous pebbles are more[…]
1884, Geological Society of London, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, HighWire Press, page 274
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From the first development of his organism from a zoophite, his senses have evolved in relation to matter alone, and it is only within recent times that he[…]
June 1911, “Popular Science”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 78, number 37, Bonnier Corporation, page 583
The first species was the zoophite, a compound of vegetable and animal life, […] Succeeding the zoophite came the mollusks and various hard-shelled animals […]
2005, Kersey Graves, The Bible of Bibles or Twenty-Seven Divine Revelations, page 87

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