Zoophyte is a noun describing an animal, such as a sponge or coral, that resembles a plant. It literally means 'animal plant', from the Greek 'zoon' (animal) and 'phyton' (plant).
Zoophyte es un sustantivo que describe un animal, como una esponja o coral, que se asemeja a una planta. Literalmente significa 'planta animal', del griego 'zoon' (animal) y 'phyton' (planta).
| Front | zoophyte /ZO-uh-fyt/ |
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| Back | noun An animal (such as sponge, coral, sea anemone, etc.) resembling a plant. [These invertebrate animals are attached to a surface and have a branched structure, hence zoophyte, literally animal plant, from Modern Latin zoophyton, from Greek zoophyton, from zoo- (animal) + phyton (plant).] "Did you know that sponges were zoophytes, or that they had domestic lives as complicated as any soap opera character's?" - Philip Herter; Foreign Correspondence Series; St. Petersburg Times (Florida); Jun 9, 2002. |
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