sarcode
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sarcode
1850–55; < French, alteration of Greek sarkṓdēs fleshy
Example Sentences
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To this Dujardin gave the name of sarcode.
From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith
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 Nicholson, Henry Alleyne
The fiber of sarcode, to which the constricted part has by tension been reduced, now snaps, and two organisms go free.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various
It was a condition chiefly confined to the caudal end, the sarcode having became diffluent, hyaline, and intensely rapid in the protrusion and retraction of its substance, while the nuclear body becomes enormously enlarged.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various
Meanwhile, the diffluence causes a spreading and flattening of the sarcode and swimming gives place to creeping, while the flagella violently lash.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various
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