What is "cytode"

Cytode \Cy"tode\ (s?"t?d), n. [Gr. ky`tos hollow vessel, from ????. See Cyst.] (Biol.) A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present.

n. (context biology English) A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life, differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present.