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sarcodo

sarcodo noun: the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.

Noun

sarcodo (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.
    • In the sarcodo there takes place a process which may be in some measure compared with what occurs in the vitellus after the fecundation of an ovum. The granules becoming united together form groups, which soon divide and subdivide […]1861, F. Rymer Jones, The General Structure of the Animal Kingdom, page 48

Origin of sarcodo

A name applied by Dujardin in 1835. Ancient Greek σαρκώδης (sarkṓdēs, “fleshy”). Compare sarcoid.

Questions about sarcodo

What does sarcodo mean?
Sarcodo means the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.
What part of speech is sarcodo?
Sarcodo is a noun.

Words near sarcodo in the dictionary

  1. sarcodimitic
  2. sarcodine
  3. sarcodines
  4. sarcodinian
  5. sarcodinians
  6. sarcodo
  7. sarcodous
  8. sarcoendoplasmatic
  9. sarcoendoplasmic
  10. sarcogenous
  11. sarcoglycan

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