perisarc

American

[per-uh-sahrk] / ˈpɛr əˌsɑrk /

noun

Zoology.

the horny or chitinous outer case or covering protecting the soft parts of hydrozoans.

perisarc British

/ ˈpɛrɪˌsɑːk /

noun

the outer chitinous layer secreted by colonial hydrozoan coelenterates, such as species of Obelia

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Etymology

Origin of perisarc

1870–75; peri- + -sarc < Greek sárx (genitive sarkós ) flesh

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Histologically, the perisarc or test in the Graptoloidea appears to be composed of three layers, a middle layer of variable structure, and an overlying and an underlying layer of remarkable tenuity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

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