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Scolex
(gcide) | Scolex \Sco"lex\, n.; pl. Scoleces. [NL., from Gr. skw`lhx
worm, grub.] (Zool.)
(a) 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.
(b) One of the Scolecida.
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Proscolex
(gcide) | Proscolex \Pro*sco"lex\, n.; pl. Proscolices. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
before + ?, ?, a worm.] (Zool.)
An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See
Redia.
[1913 Webster]Redia \Re"di*a\ (r?"d?*?), n.; pl. L. Rediae (-[=e]), E.
Redias (-?z). [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Zool.)
A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the
sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in
turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of
rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also
proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.
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proscolex
(gcide) | Proscolex \Pro*sco"lex\, n.; pl. Proscolices. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
before + ?, ?, a worm.] (Zool.)
An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See
Redia.
[1913 Webster]Redia \Re"di*a\ (r?"d?*?), n.; pl. L. Rediae (-[=e]), E.
Redias (-?z). [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Zool.)
A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the
sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in
turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of
rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also
proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.
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