scolex Meaning, Definition & Usage

Sco"lex noun
Etymology
NL., from Gr. worm, grub.
Wordforms
plural Scoleces
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (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.

Webster 1913