proglottis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“the tip of the tongue”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɒtɪs

Noun

proglottis (plural proglottides)

  1. One of the free, or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. It contains both male and female reproductive organs, and is capable of a brief independent existence.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “proglottis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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