sarcode, n. and a. Biol.
(ˈsɑːkəʊd)
[a. F. sarcode (Dujardin 1835), f. σαρκ-, σάρξ flesh: see -ode1.]
A. n. The protoplasm of animals.
| 1853 Bot. & Physiol. Mem. (Ray Soc.) 535 The protoplasm of Botanists and the..sarcode of Zoologists, if not identical, are at all events..analogous formations. 1871 T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4) 4 The body of the Protozoon consists chiefly of the elementary substance known as sarcode or animal protoplasm. 1883 W. Saville-Kent in Adderley Fish. Bahamas 35 The Euplectella, as sold in the market, being then divested of the buff-coloured gelatinous flesh or sarcode. |
B. adj. Sarcodic; protoplasmic.
| 1855 Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. II. 209 This gelatinous coating is found to consist entirely of an immense number of aggregated sarcode-cells. 1859 J. R. Greene Protozoa 19 Gemmule, embedded in sarcode substance. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxxii. 501 The bulk of the embryo is occupied by a number of sarcode globules. |