NOUN
- any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge
How To Use zoophyte In A Sentence
- It lists all the rarer plants of the district, and the zoophytes, and devotes a whole chapter to geology.
- The shores are mostly fringed with coral reefs, often half a mile in width, composed of cemented coral fragments, shells, sand, and a growing species of zoophyte. The Hawaiian Archipelago
- A bottle was produced which was said to contain certain zoophytes.
- But whatever improvement time has made in my health and nerves, it has made none in this wretched zoophyte village. The Hawaiian Archipelago
- We may consider the polypi in a zoophyte, or the buds in a tree, as cases where the division of the individual has not been completely effected. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
- During those two days of April 11-12, the Nautilus didn't leave the surface of the sea, and its trawl brought up a simply miraculous catch of zoophytes, fish, and reptiles.
- In one zoophyte the head itself was fixed, but the lower jaw free: in another it was replaced by a triangular hood, with a beautifully-fitted trap-door, which evidently answered to the lower mandible. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
- It is believed that the same laws hold good with the gemmiferous vesicles of Zoophytes. The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844
- Certainly in this zoophyte such appeared to be the case. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
- Certain compound animals, or zoöphytes as they have been termed, namely the Polyzoa, are provided with curious organs called avicularia. VII. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection
