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perisarcous

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per⋅i⋅sarc

  [per-uh-sahrk]
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–noun Zoology.
the horny or chitinous outer case or covering protecting the soft parts of hydrozoans.
Origin:
1870–75; peri- + -sarc < Gk sárx (gen. sarkós) flesh

Related forms:
per⋅i⋅sar⋅cal, per⋅i⋅sar⋅cous, adjective
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per·i·sarc   (pěr'ĭ-särk')   
n.  A horny external covering that encloses the polyp colonies of certain hydrozoans.

[peri- + Greek sarx, sark-, flesh.]
per'i·sar'cal, per'i·sar'cous adj.
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