sarcode

American  

[sahr-kohd] / ˈsɑr koʊd /

noun

1. protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.

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Etymology

Origin of sarcode

1850–55; < French, alteration of Greek sarkṓdēs fleshy

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Example Sentences

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sarcode

There is no distinct mouth, and food is engulfed within any portion of the soft sarcode body.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

From protozoa or protista to plants and animals the graduation is closer than from magnetised iron to vitalised sarcode.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

At the same moment a motion is set up which pulls the divided pairs asunder, making the interval of sarcode to grow constantly greater between them.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various

Animal simple or compound; body composed of "sarcode," not definitely segmented; no nervous system; and no digestive apparatus, beyond occasionally a mouth and gullet.

From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Henry Alleyne Nicholson

This condition tensified, the amœboid action quickened as here depicted, the agility of motion ceased, the nucleus body became strongly developed, and the whole sarcode was in a state of vivid and glittering action.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various

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