Sarcophaga
(||Sar*coph"a*ga) n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. See Sarcophagus.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of carnivorous
and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.
Sarcophaga
(||Sar*coph"a*ga), n. [NL., fem. sing. See Sarcophagus.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Diptera,
including the flesh flies.
Sarcophagan
(Sar*coph"a*gan) n.
1. (Zoöl.) Any animal which eats flesh, especially any carnivorous marsupial.
2. (Zoöl.) Any fly of the genus Sarcophaga.
Sarcophagous
(Sar*coph"a*gous) a. (Zoöl.) Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating; carnivorous.
Sarcophagus
(Sar*coph"a*gus) n.; pl. L. Sarcophagi E. Sarcophaguses [L., fr. Gr. sarkofa`gos,
properly, eating flesh; sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + fagei^n to eat. Cf. Sarcasm.]
1. A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it
consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or
Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia. Holland.
2. A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin.
3. A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.
Sarcophagy
(Sar*coph"a*gy) n. [Gr. sarkofagi`a. See Sarcophagus.] The practice of eating flesh.
Sarcophile
(Sar"co*phile) n. [Sacro- + Gr. a lover.] (Zoöl.) A flesh-eating animal, especially any one of
the carnivorous marsupials.
Sarcoptes
(||Sar*cop"tes) n. [NL., from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + ko`ptein to cut.] (Zoöl.) A genus of
parasitic mites including the itch mites.
Sarcoptid
(Sar*cop"tid) n. (Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Sarcoptes and related genera of mites,
comprising the itch mites and mange mites. — a. Of or pertaining to the itch mites.
Sarcorhamphi
(||Sar`co*rham"phi) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + beak.] (Zoöl.) A division
of raptorial birds comprising the vultures.
Sarcoseptum
(||Sar`co*sep"tum) n.; pl. Sarcosepta [Sarco- + septum.] (Zoöl.) One of the mesenteries
of an anthozoan.
Sarcosin
(Sar"co*sin) n. (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in the decomposition
of creatin Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.
Sarcosis
(||Sar*co"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. fr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] (Med.) (a) Abnormal formation of
flesh. (b) Sarcoma.
Sarcotic
(Sar*cot"ic) a. [Gr. : cf. F. sarcotique.] (Med.) Producing or promoting the growth of flesh.
[R.] — n. A sarcotic medicine. [R.]
Sarcous
(Sar"cous) a. [Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] (Anat.) Fleshy; — applied to the minute structural
elements, called sarcous elements, or sarcous disks, of which striated muscular fiber is composed.
Sarculation
(Sar`cu*la"tion) n. [L. sarculatio. See Sarcle.] A weeding, as with a hoe or a rake.
