# zoophyte

**Pronunciation:** ZOOPHYTE

**CEFR level:** B1

**Part of speech:** noun

## Meaning

Zoophyte means an animal thought to have the characteristics of a plant, later specifically an invertebrate of the (former) group Zoophyta, comprising....

## Examples

- The article uses zoophyte to mean (biology, historical) An animal thought to have the characteristics of a plant,....
- The teacher asked students to find zoophyte in the reading.
- Check the words around zoophyte to choose the right meaning.

## Common patterns

- a/the zoophyte — Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — The article mentioned a zoophyte.
- zoophyte in context — Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — We checked zoophyte in context before translating it.

## Collocations

- zoophyte example — The teacher gave a zoophyte example.
- zoophyte meaning — We checked the zoophyte meaning before moving on.

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