scolex

(skōleks′)

noun pl. scoleces or scolices

the head of a tapeworm, provided with hooks or suckers and acting as a holdfast in the intestine of a host

Origin: ModL < Gr skōlēx, grub, worm < IE base *(s)kel-, to bend, twist > L coluber, serpent

See scolex in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. sco·li·ces (-lĭ-sēzˌ)
The knoblike anterior end of a tapeworm, having suckers or hooklike parts that in the adult stage serve as organs of attachment to the host on which the tapeworm is parasitic.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin scōlēx

Origin: , from Greek skōlēx, worm

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