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
They were at war with many surrounding nations, and, among the rest, with the Sacs and Foxes, who often brought their prisoners to the French settlements for sale.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman
Thus among the Sacs and Foxes the leggings of the women, which used to be made of buckskin, are now of black broad-cloth.
From American Indians by Frederick Starr
The Sacs and Foxes made a treaty with the United States in 1830, by which they ceded all their lands in Illinois to the government.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
A description of heaven—by Wampasha, an Iowa Indian—was found in the diary of Reverend S. M. Irvin, a devoted missionary among the Iowas and Sacs.
From Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley by Carrie de Voe
These sacs act much like the ballast tanks of a submarine.
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
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
