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scolex

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Noun
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sco=lex

CIDE DICTIONARY

scolexn. [NL., from Gr. skw`lhx worm, grub.].
     The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See Illust. of Echinococcus.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

scolex, n. (pl. scoleces or scolices) the head of a larval or adult tapeworm.

Etymology
mod.L f. Gk skolex worm

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