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What (who) is zoophyte - definition

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zoophyte         
['zu:?f??t, 'z???-, 'zu:f??t]
¦ noun Zoology, dated a plant-like animal, especially a coral, sea anemone, sponge, or sea lily.
zoophyte         
n.
Phytozoon.
Zoophyte         
·vi Any one of the Zoophyta.
II. Zoophyte ·vi 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.

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Zoophyte

A zoophyte (animal-plant) is an obsolete term for an organism thought to be intermediate between animals and plants, or an animal with plant-like attributes or appearance. In the 19th century they were reclassified as Radiata which included various taxa, a term superseded by Coelenterata referring more narrowly to the animal phyla Cnidaria (coral animals, true jellies, sea anemones, sea pens, and their allies), sponges, and Ctenophora (comb jellies).

A group of strange creatures that exist somewhere on, or between, the boundaries of plants and animals kingdoms were the subject of considerable debate in the eighteenth century. Some naturalists believed that they were a blend of plant and animal; other naturalists considered them to be entirely either plant or animal (such as sea anemones).