Zoophyte

zō′ō-fīt, n. a term employed by Cuvier in his earlier attempts at cla ification to designate numerous simple animals, sedentary in habit, often with a superficial resemblance to plants—now restricted to hydroid colonies.— adjs. Zoophyt′ic , -al ; Zoöph′ytoid ; Zoophytolog′ical .— ns. Zoo phytol′ogist ; Zoo phytol′ogy ; Zoöph′yton :— pl. Zoöph′yta . [Gr. zōon , an animal, phyton , a plant.]