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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of scolex.

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  • For the union lasts until that which is analogous to the semen has done its work, and when they separate the female produces the embryo quickly; for the young is imperfect inasmuch as all such creatures give birth to scoleces.

    On the Generation of Animals 2002

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