nounWord forms: pluralscoleces (skəʊˈliːsiːz) or scolices (ˈskɒlɪˌsiːz, ˈskəʊ-)
the headlike part of a tapeworm, bearing hooks and suckers by which the animal is attached to the tissues of its host
Word origin
C19: from New Latin, from Greek skōlēx worm
Examples of 'scoleces' in a sentence
scoleces
The minimum and maximum number of scoleces per cyst was 40 and 550 respectively.
Sima Rostami, Robin Nicholas Beech, Reza Salavati, Mohammad Reza Baneshi, HosseinKamyabi, Majid Fasihi Harandi 2013, 'Morphometric Analysis of Larval Rostellar Hooks in Taenia multiceps of Sheep in Iranand Its Association with Mitochondrial Gene Variability.', Iranian Journal of Parasitologyhttp://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/452. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)