Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A horny external covering that encloses the polyp colonies of certain hydrozoans.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The hard, horny, or chitinous ectodermal case or covering with which the soft parts of hydrozoans are often protected.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The outer, hardened integument which covers most hydroids.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology The outer hardened
integument that covers mosthydroids .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[peri– + Greek sarx, sark-, flesh.]
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peri- + Ancient Greek for "flesh".
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A transparent sheath known as the perisarc encases the colony.
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A transparent sheath known as the perisarc encases the colony.
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A transparent sheath known as the perisarc encases the colony.
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A transparent sheath known as the perisarc encases the colony.
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