单词 | animal plant |
释义 | > as lemmasanimal plant ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > zoophyte > [noun] sensitive plant1601 zoophyton1601 zoophyte1606 plant-animal1621 zoophyton1627 animal plant1736 phytozoon1842 zoothome1872 1699 P. Gordon Geogr. Anatomized (ed. 2) ii. i. 75 As one of the Chief Rarities of this Country, we may reckon that strange sort of Melon, found in or near to Astracan, Casan and Samara. Some of the Natives term it Boranetz, (i. e. The Little Lamb) others Zoophyton, which signifies the Animal Plant.] 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Pref. Zoophytography..a Treatise or Discourse of animal Plants, as Cockles, Muscles, Oysters. 1757 Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 592 He then mentions different bodies, which he calls plant-animals, and animal-plants, according to the characters. 1846 R. Patterson Introd. Zool. 14 The term Zoophyte, literally meaning animal-plant. < as lemmas |
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