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Webster 1913 Edition

Scolex

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Sco′lex

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Noun.

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pl.

Scoleces

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[NL., from Gr.

σκώληξ

worm, grub.]

(Zool.)

(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

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(b)

One of the Scolecida.