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The stomach is a saclike organ that secretes gastric digestive juices.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

And saw, for example, the perfect navy pea coat, but with a saclike back, cut to curve out behind.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2022

The scheduled surgery was for symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon, a condition in which saclike pouches protrude from the muscular layer of the colon, leading it to become narrow.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2021

Thylakoids are saclike membranes that contain most of the machinery needed to carry out photosynthesis, including clusters of chlorophyll and proteins known as photosystems.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; Ð opposed to phanerocodonic.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah