proscolex

English edit

Etymology edit

From New Latin proscōlēx, from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) + σκώληξ (skṓlēx).

Noun edit

proscolex (plural proscolices)

(zoology) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “proscolex”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)