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scolex

scolex


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scolex  \Sco"lex\,  n.;  pl  {Scoleces}.  [NL.,  from  Gr  skw`lhx 
  worm,  grub.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  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}. 
  b  One  of  the  Scolecida.