Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A detachable sexually mature segment of a cestoid worm; one of the zoöids of the Scolecida, propagated by gemination from a scolex, which in their turn produce ova; a proglottid, or generative joint.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl) One of the free, or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. It contains both male and female reproductive organs, and is capable of a brief independent existence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of the free, or nearly free,
segments of atapeworm . It contains both male and female reproductive organs, and is capable of a brief independent existence.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek the tip of the tongue.
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