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Zoophyte

noun
1.
Any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge.





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"Zoophyte" Quotes from Famous Books



... prison, that I could proceed no farther. New Holland, {112} that extraordinary country, so essentially necessary to understanding the philosophy of the earth, and its sun-embroidered dress, the vegetable and the animal world; and the South Sea with its Zoophyte islands, were interdicted to me; and thus everything on which I would have gathered together and erected my hopes was condemned to be left a mere fragment, even in its very origin. O, my Adalbert! such is the reward for all the ...
— Peter Schlemihl • Adelbert von Chamisso


Words linked to "Zoophyte" :   invertebrate


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