Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A detachable sexually mature segment of a cestoid worm; one of the zoöids of the Scolecida, propagated by gemination from a scolex, which in their turn produce ova; a proglottid, or generative joint.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl) 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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun 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.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek the tip of the tongue.

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