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May 22, 2006 12:43
17 yrs ago
Chinese term

动植物同体

Chinese to English Science Zoology
由於他们的动植物同体及自行繁殖的能力,现在很多动物学家将海棉列为一种副生物界的生物。

Discussion

Naikei Wong May 22, 2006:
adjective: zoophytal, zoophytic

Proposed translations

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zoophyte

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Dictionary of Difficult Words - zoophytezoophyte. n. plant-like animal, as coral, sea anemone, etc. zoophytal, zoophytic, a. zoophytology, n. study of such. © From the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia. ...
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Zoophyte
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Zoophyte is an animal that visually resembles a plant. An example is a sea anemonae.



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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-05-22 16:32:42 GMT)
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"they live as zoophytic organisms and can undergo asexual reproduction"
Peer comment(s):

agree IC --
17 mins
merci!
agree wherestip
1 hr
thanks Wherestip!
agree seavin wu
8 days
Thanks seavin!
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2 hrs

half plant, half animal organism

might be more suitable in the context IMO
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