nounWord forms: plural scoleces (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