zoophytoidhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoophytoid_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoophytoid, adj.
Revised 2017

† zoophytoidadjective

Obsolete. Biology.
  1. 1854–83
    Characteristic of or resembling a zoophyte; relating to zoophytes.
    1. 1854
      In the Zoophytoid Mollusks..we are reminded of the radiated type by the circular arrangement of organs around the mouth.
      W. B. Carpenter, Principles of Comparative Physiology (ed. 4) i. 50
    2. 1883
      A large, subcylindric, zoophytoid Foraminifer.
      J. W. Griffith & A. Henfrey, Micrographic Dictionary (ed. 4) at Thalamapora

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

zoophyte, n. was revised in June 2017.