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Definition of: scolex
(skō′leks) noun plural sco·le·ces (skō·lē′sēz) or scol·i·ces (skol′ə·sēz, skō′lə-) Zool.
The knoblike head of a tapeworm, equipped with a circular disk of hooks and a group of two or four suckers. [<NL <Gk. skōlēx a worm]
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