Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
sclerite
scleritis
sclero-
scleroderma
sclerodermatous
sclerometer
sclerophyll
scleroprotein
sclerosis
sclerotia
sclerotic
sclerotin
sclerotise
sclerotium
sclerotize
sclerotomy
sclerous
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

scolex

sco·lex [ skṓ lèks ] (plural sco·li·ces [ skṓli seez ] or sco·le·ces [ skṓ lə sz ])


noun 
Definition:
 
head of tapeworm: the head of a tapeworm, with suckers or hooks that enable the parasitic worm to attach itself to its host

[Mid-19th century. Via modern Latin< Greek skōlēx "worm"]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft