Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Scolex

Scolex , noun

[New Latin, from Greek skw`lhx worm, grub.]

(a)
(Zoology) The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm.
(b)
(Zoology) One of the Scolecida.