sarcode

[ sahr-kohd ]

/ ˈsɑr koʊd /

protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.

Origin of sarcode

1850–55; < French, alteration of Greek sarkṓdēs fleshy

Usually the sarcode, issuing from the openings of the capsule, forms a stronger cylinder, with peculiar movements.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index |Ernst Haeckel
Sometimes used synonymously for the "sarcode" of the Protozoa.

The Ancient Life History of the Earth |Henry Alleyne Nicholson
Examine a bit of sarcode under the microscope; note the spicules.

Elementary Zoology, Second Edition |Vernon L. Kellogg
Ectoplasm, ek′to-plasm, n. the exterior protoplasm or sarcode of a cell.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) |Various

Their cavity is wide and simple, and filled up by jelly (not by sarcode, as I supposed in my first description).

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index |Ernst Haeckel