zoophytoid, adj.

zoophytoid
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# † zoophytoidadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zoophytoid mean?

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.

### Where does the adjective zoophytoid come from?

Earliest known use

1850s

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

1. zoophysical, adj. 1820–
2. zoophysics, n. 1887–
3. zoophysiology, n. 1803–
4. zoophytal, adj. 1756–
5. zoophyte, n. 1606–
6. zoophytic, adj. 1808–
7. zoophytical, adj. 1779–
8. zoophytish, adj. 1854–80
9. zoophytist, n. 1814–62
10. zoophytography, n. 1735–1905
11. zoophytoid, adj.1854–83
12. zoophytological, adj. 1823–
13. zoophytologist, n. 1835–
14. zoophytology, n. 1815–
15. zoophyton, n. 1601–
16. zooplankter, n. 1935–
17. zooplanktivore, n. 1972–
18. zooplanktivorous, adj. 1971–
19. zooplankton, n. 1897–
20. zooplanktonic, adj. 1912–
21. zooplastic, adj. a1855–

## Meaning & use

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
   invertebrates
   1. zoophytish 1854–80
      Characteristic of or resembling a zoophyte.
   2. zoophytoid 1854–83
      Characteristic of or resembling a zoophyte; relating to zoophytes.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zoophyte, n.

zoophyte, n. was revised in June 2017.