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Ectoplasm   Listen
noun
Ectoplasm  n.  (Biol.)
(a)
The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.
(b)
The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell.
(c)
The ectosarc of protozoan.





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... corpuscles of Metazoa are essentially amoebae in their structure and behaviour. The protoplasm of the individual is divided into a centrally placed body, the nucleus, of relatively stable shape, and the cytoplasm, itself divided into an outer, clearer ectoplasm ("ectosarc'') and an inner, more granular endoplasm ("endosarc''), passing into one another. The movements of amoebae are of several kinds. (1) The amoeba may grow out irregularly into blunt lobes, the pseudopodia, some being emitted while others are ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


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