There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoophytoid. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1880s.
The earliest known use of the adjective zoophytoid is in the 1850s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoophytoid is from 1854, in the writing of William Carpenter, biologist and university administrator.
Nearby entries
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- 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–
- zooplanktonic, adj.1912–
- zooplastic, adj.a1855–
1854–83
Characteristic of or resembling a zoophyte; relating to zoophytes.
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
1883
A large, subcylindric, zoophytoid Foraminifer.
J. W. Griffith & A. Henfrey, Micrographic Dictionary (ed. 4) at Thalamapora
Characteristic of or resembling a zoophyte.
Characteristic of or resembling a zoophyte; relating to zoophytes.
Originally published as part of the entry for zoophyte, n.
zoophyte, n. was revised in June 2017.
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