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.
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
- zoophily, n.1830–
- zoophobia, n.1888–
- zoophysical, adj.1820–
- zoophysics, n.1887–
- zoophysiology, n.1803–
- zoophytal, adj.1756–
- zoophyte, n.1606–
- zoophytic, adj.1808–
- zoophytical, adj.1779–
- zoophytish, adj.1854–80
- zoophytist, n.1814–62
- zoophytography, n.1735–1905
- zoophytoid, adj.1854–83
- zoophytological, adj.1823–
- zoophytologist, n.1835–
- zoophytology, n.1815–
- zoophyton, n.1601–
- zooplankter, n.1935–
- zooplanktivore, n.1972–
- zooplanktivorous, adj.1971–
- zooplankton, n.1897–
1814–62
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
1840
That great British zoophytist, Ellis.
Reports of British Association for Advancement of Science 1839 (Notices & Abstracts) 81
1862
Caverns..worthy the careful examination of the zoophytist.
D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham, Channel Islands ii. ix. 242
An expert or specialist in zoophytology.
A person who studies parasites; a specialist in parasitology.
A person who studies pathogenic organisms. Obsolete. rare.
An expert in or student of planktology.
An expert in or student of protistology.
Originally published as part of the entry for zoophyte, n.
zoophyte, n. was revised in June 2017.
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