单词 | zoophytical |
释义 | > as lemmaszooˈphytical zooˈphytical adj. characteristic of or resembling a zoophyte; relating to zoophytes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > zoophyte > [adjective] plant-living1594 zoophytal1756 zoophytical1779 zoophytic1808 1779 J. Berington Immaterialism Delineated 149 The motion of the sensitive plant, or the orbicular whirling observed in some of the zoophytical race. 1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors iv. 72 Many of the zoophytical and molluscous orders..are also employed in devouring and affording food to various other animals. 2009 Victorian Poetry 47 10 In reproducing by division, polypi manifest their vegetal nature—but in their instinct for self-preservation, they are like animals. Anything with such a double nature is ‘zoophytical’. < as lemmas |
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