zoophytisthttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoophytist_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoophytist, n.
Revised 2017

† zoophytistnoun

Obsolete. Biology.
  1. 1814–62
    1. 1814
      Little has been added to the division of Zoophyta as British, since the time of that enlightened zoophytist Mr Ellis.
      Mem. Wernerian Natural History Society vol. 2 67
    2. 1840
      That great British zoophytist, Ellis.
      Reports of British Association for Advancement of Science 1839 (Notices & Abstracts) 81
    3. 1862
      Caverns..worthy the careful examination of the zoophytist.
      D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham, Channel Islands ii. ix. 242

Originally published as part of the entry for zoophyte, n.

zoophyte, n. was revised in June 2017.