scolecophidian (skolekofidian)

and n. [ gemmation give rise to infertile deutoscoleces, or to ovigerous proglottides; the embryo of an entozoic worm, as a fluke or tape; a cystic worm or cysticercus; a hydatid. See cuts under Tænia. The scolex , which develops the chain or strobila by a proce of budding. Encyc. Brit ., XXIII. 52. 2t. [ cap .] An old genus of worms. scolex-form (skō'leks-fôrm), n. The form, state, or condition of a scolex. In some stages, as, for example, in the scolex - form of many Cestoda, this differentiation of the secondary axes is not expre ed. Gegenbaur , Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 128.