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Scoleces

Scolex \Sco"lex\, n.; pl. Scoleces. [NL., from Gr. skw`lhx worm, grub.] (Zo["o]l.)

  1. 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.

  2. One of the Scolecida.

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scoleces

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