Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first embryonic stage of a cestoid, as a tapeworm, when it has been liberated from the egg and is a minute vesicular body provided with hooks or horny processes for adhering to and working its way into the tissues of the host. Compare
deutoscolex and proglottis. See cut underTænia .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See
redia .
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- noun zoology An early
larval form of atrematode worm ; aredia .
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek.
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bilby commented on the word proscolex
Show us your horny processes.
July 28, 2022