zoophyte in English
noun
1
a plantlike animal, especially a coral, sea anemone, sponge, or sea lily.
There resulted, he proposed, eleven general grades with man at the apex and the zoophytes at the bottom, the zoophytes being invertebrate animals resembling plants.
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1. XVIII.—On the chylaqueous fluid in the Actinoida: XX.—Characters and descriptions of some new British Sea-Anemones: XX.—On Edwardsia carnea, a new British zoophyte: XX.—On the sloughing of the Spider-Crab (Maia Squinado) XXIV.—On keeping marine animals and plants alive in unchanged sea-water: XXIX.—On Sarcodictyon catenata (Forbes)