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perisarc
[per-uh-sahrk]
noun
Zoology.
the horny or chitinous outer case or covering protecting the soft parts of hydrozoans.
perisarc
/ ˈɛɪˌɑː /
noun
the outer chitinous layer secreted by colonial hydrozoan coelenterates, such as species of Obelia
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Other 51Թ Forms
- perisarcal adjective
- perisarcous adjective
- ˌˈ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of perisarc1
C19: from peri- + -sarc, from Greek sarx flesh
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Histologically, the perisarc or test in the Graptoloidea appears to be composed of three layers, a middle layer of variable structure, and an overlying and an underlying layer of remarkable tenuity.
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