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‖ scolex|ˈskəʊlɛks| Pl. scoleces |skəʊˈliːsiːz|, also erron. scolices |ˈskəʊlɪsiːz|. [mod.L., a. Gr. σκώληξ (pl. σκώληκες) worm.] The larva or embryo produced directly from the egg in metagenesis; esp. the larva or head of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm.
1855T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 2) 135 The Scolex, therefore, in this stage of development is synonymous with ‘the head’, or, as it might as well be called, the ‘root’ of the worm. 1864Cobbold Entozoa 265 These thickened portions, in their turn, become true scolices, or, in some cases, scolicecoid formations. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 233 Van Beneden's discovery of proscolices with scolices in all stages of growth in the intestine of the Lump-fish. attrib.1857tr. von Siebold's Tape & Cystic Worms (Syd. Soc.) 87 This worm [bothriocephalus latus] is never met with amongst our cattle in a scolex condition. 1865Nat. Hist. Rev. July 349 A small scolex-cyst. |