sac
noun
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
Sacs
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pluralof Sac.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
sacs
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pluralof sac.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
sacnouna baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
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The Sacs and Fox mined and smelted 60 tons of lead for Shreve.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1852 joined the Sacs and Foxes, and participated in some of their battles on the plains.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by W. H. Jackson
Among the Sacs and Foxes the cradle consists of a board two feet or two and a half feet long and about ten inches wide.
From American Indians by Frederick Starr
It is also extending down the river, among the Sacs and Foxes.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
They were, however, always on hostile terms with the Sioux, Kaws, Osages, Iowas, Sacs and Foxes.
From Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley by Carrie de Voe
The researchers next placed the larvae inside miniature pressure chambers to determine how much pressure the air sacs could withstand before collapsing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
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
Fibroblasts play a key role in keeping the lungs' airways and air sacs stable and functional.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
This wasn’t too difficult, as the younger boys took one look at the shiny, wrinkled gray sacs and turned away in horror; you couldn’t have paid them to put one in their mouths.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
