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

Example Sentences

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

Cellulose and animal membrane being now regarded as more by-products, the way was clear for the recognition of the fact that vegetable protoplasm and animal sarcode are marvellously similar in appearance and general properties.

From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith

In the perfectly motionless flattened sphere, without the shimmer of premonition and with inconceivable suddenness, a white cross smites itself, as it were, through the sarcode.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 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 Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

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