||Zo*öph"y*ta (?), n. pl. [NL.,
from Gr. zw^,on an animal + fyto`n a plant.]
(Zoöl.) An extensive artificial and heterogeneous
group of animals, formerly adopted by many zoölogists. It
included the cœlenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa,
Protozoa, etc.
&fist; Sometimes the name is restricted to the Cœlentera, or
to the Anthozoa.
||Zo*öph"y*ta (?), n. pl. [NL.,
from Gr. zw^,on an animal + fyto`n a plant.]
(Zoöl.) An extensive artificial and heterogeneous
group of animals, formerly adopted by many zoölogists. It
included the cœlenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa,
Protozoa, etc.
&fist; Sometimes the name is restricted to the Cœlentera, or
to the Anthozoa.
