ZOOPHYTES Synonyms

• a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

• marked by the appetites and passions of the body

• a variable color averaging a deep pink

• the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry

• unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces

• marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs

• of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color

• lacking a backbone or spinal column

• any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification

• a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

• one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth

• a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used

• someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

• primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

• wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten

• ask for and get free; be a parasite

• erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard

• soak up with a sponge

• gather sponges, in the ocean