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Proglottis
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.
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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.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| gravid | (of egglaying animals, now chiefly figuratively) Pregnant. |
| proglottidnoun | A segment of a tapeworm; they contain both male and female reproductive organs |
| proglottidizationnoun | The development of proglottid segments of a tapeworm. |
| metacestodenoun | The larval stage of a tapeworm |
| proctigernoun | (entomology) The terminal segment of an insect's abdomen, containing the anus. |
| rostellumnoun | (biology) A retractable protruding part at the anterior end of a soft-bodied tapeworm; the scolex from which it protrudes is often armed with hooks which serve to keep it in place attached to the host. |
| oncosphere | An embryonic form of a tapeworm, enclosed in a spherical membrane armed with six hooks |
| strobilanoun | (zoology) A jointed series of segments of an organism, as of the body of a tapeworm, posterior to the unjointed collum. |
| sporocystnoun | (biology) A cyst that develops from a sporoblast and from which sporozoites develop. |
| coracidiumnoun | (biology) The larval stage of some tapeworms |
| gonotylnoun | A sucker surrounding the genital opening and often intimately associated with the acetabulum of certain trematode worms. |
| prophragmanoun | (zoology) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects. |
| sparganumnoun | The plerocercoid larva of Spirometra tapeworms, responsible for sparganosis. |
| segmented wormnoun | An annelid. |
| strobilenoun | (botany) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine; a cone. |
| ptilinumnoun | (zoology, entomology) A bladder-like pouch on the head of schizophoran flies that by expanding enables the fly to emerge from its puparium. |
| epiproctnoun | (entomology) Either of the lateral lobes of the proctiger. |
| schistomulumnoun | The immature form of a parasitic schistosome |
| holostomenoun | An adult digenetic trematode with a portion of its ventral surface modified to be a complex adhesive organ. |
| prothalliumnoun | A plant, usually a pteridophyte, in gametophyte stage in the metagenesis cycle. |
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