zoophytist, n.

zoophytist
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# † zoophytistnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zoophytist mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoophytist. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1860s.

### Where does the noun zoophytist come from?

Earliest known use

1810s

The earliest known use of the noun zoophytist is in the 1810s.

OED's earliest evidence for zoophytist is from 1814, in Mem. Wernerian Natural History Society.

### Nearby entries

1. zoophily, n. 1830–
2. zoophobia, n. 1888–
3. zoophysical, adj. 1820–
4. zoophysics, n. 1887–
5. zoophysiology, n. 1803–
6. zoophytal, adj. 1756–
7. zoophyte, n. 1606–
8. zoophytic, adj. 1808–
9. zoophytical, adj. 1779–
10. zoophytish, adj. 1854–80
11. zoophytist, n.1814–62
12. zoophytography, n. 1735–1905
13. zoophytoid, adj. 1854–83
14. zoophytological, adj. 1823–
15. zoophytologist, n. 1835–
16. zoophytology, n. 1815–
17. zoophyton, n. 1601–
18. zooplankter, n. 1935–
19. zooplanktivore, n. 1972–
20. zooplanktivorous, adj. 1971–
21. zooplankton, n. 1897–

## Meaning & use

Obsolete. Biology.

1. 1814–62
   = zoophytologist n.
   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
   life sciences
   1. zoophytist 1814–62
      = zoophytologist, n.
   2. zoophytologist 1835–
      An expert or specialist in zoophytology.
   3. parasitologist 1862–
      A person who studies parasites; a specialist in parasitology.
   4. pathobiologist 1888
      A person who studies pathogenic organisms. Obsolete. rare.
   5. planktologist 1891–
      An expert in or student of planktology.
   6. protistologist 1907–
      An expert in or student of protistology.
   7. planktonologist 1913–
      = planktologist, n.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zoophyte, n.

zoophyte, n. was revised in June 2017.