sarcode
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sarcode
1850–55; < French, alteration of Greek sarkṓdēs fleshy
Example Sentences
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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
A somewhat different view has been advanced by other physiologists—namely that the protoplasm, when irritated, contracts like the soft sarcode of the muscles of animals.
From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles
Sometimes used synonymously for the "sarcode" of the Protozoa.
From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne
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
Food particles, after leaving the œsophagus, are thrust forward into the sarcode, or soft flesh, and any cavity thus formed acts as a stomach.
From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.
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