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| zoophyte | (โซ'อะไฟทฺ) n. สัตว์ไร้กระดูกสันหลังที่คล้ายพืชเช่น หินปะการัง., See also: zoophytic adj. zoophytical adj., Syn. zoophyte |
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| | Oophyte | n. [ Gr. w, 'o`n an egg + fyto`n a plant. ] (Bot.) Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (collectively termed oophytes or Oophyta), which have their sexual reproduction accomplished by motile antherozoids acting on oospheres, either while included in their oogonia or after exclusion. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ This class was at first called Oosporeae, and is made to include all algae and fungi which have this kind of reproduction, however they may differ in all other respects, the contrasted classes of Thallophytes being Protophytes, Zygophytes, and Carpophytes. The whole system has its earnest advocates, but is rejected by many botanists. See Carpophyte. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Zoophyte | n. [ F. zoophyte, Gr. &unr_;; zw^, on an animal + &unr_; plant, akin to &unr_; to be born, to be. See Zodiac, and Be, v. i. ] (Zool.) (a) Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids. (b) Any one of the Zoophyta. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | | zoophyte | (โซ'อะไฟทฺ) n. สัตว์ไร้กระดูกสันหลังที่คล้ายพืชเช่น หินปะการัง., See also: zoophytic adj. zoophytical adj., Syn. zoophyte |
| | | zoophyte | (n) any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge |
| | Oophyte | n. [ Gr. w, 'o`n an egg + fyto`n a plant. ] (Bot.) Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (collectively termed oophytes or Oophyta), which have their sexual reproduction accomplished by motile antherozoids acting on oospheres, either while included in their oogonia or after exclusion. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ This class was at first called Oosporeae, and is made to include all algae and fungi which have this kind of reproduction, however they may differ in all other respects, the contrasted classes of Thallophytes being Protophytes, Zygophytes, and Carpophytes. The whole system has its earnest advocates, but is rejected by many botanists. See Carpophyte. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Zoophyte | n. [ F. zoophyte, Gr. &unr_;; zw^, on an animal + &unr_; plant, akin to &unr_; to be born, to be. See Zodiac, and Be, v. i. ] (Zool.) (a) Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids. (b) Any one of the Zoophyta. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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