scolex

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκώληξ (skṓlēx, “worm”).

Noun

scolex (plural scolices or scoleces or scolexes)

1. (zoology) The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.
   • 1859, Robert Bentley Todd, The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology:

     The head, with the circle of hooklets and the four suckers, is then formed at the anterior part of the embryo, constituting now the scolex of Van Beneden.

Translations

hooked structure at the front end of a tapeworm

• Portuguese: escólex m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French scolex.

Noun

scolex n (plural scolexuri)

1. scolex

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	scolex	scolexul		scolexuri	scolexurile
genitive-dative	scolex	scolexului		scolexuri	scolexurilor
vocative	scolexule			scolexurilor