Sacs
- plural of Sac.
- plural of sac.
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The Sacs and Fox mined and smelted 60 tons of lead for Shreve.
From Time Magazine Archive
PIT-A-LE-SHAR´-U. In a beautiful wooded region, near the Missouri River, were the villages of the Iowas and Sacs.
From Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley by Voe, Carrie de
This led to later retaliation on the part of the French, but in the battle which was fought both sides lost heavily; and then both Sacs and Foxes fled from the country, never to return.
From Stories of the Badger State by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
Here and there along the river were seen small bands of Indians, and in due time the village of the Sacs was reached at the head of the Des Moines rapids.
From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.
He died, this last of the Sacs, poor, foolish old man, a few years later; and his bones, stolen for an Iowa museum, were cremated twenty years after in a fire which destroyed that institution.
From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
In another chapter, Mr. Haskell follows the path of an owlet moth into the cranefly orchid’s flower and lets us watch how sacs of pollen attach themselves to the insect’s eye.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The spiders’ white egg sacs, usually laid between October and November, are often attached to leaves, tree bark and flat structures and contain 400 to 500 eggs, according to Jorowatch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
However, identical twins can, and often do, develop in separate amniotic sacs.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
And then, during the second ultrasound, at 10 weeks: Three amniotic sacs, one placenta—a rare occurrence linked to pregnancy complications.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2025
Octopuses have these little sacs called statocysts that respond to motion and gravity, so that their eyes can be totally unfazed, totally steady.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
