The head, with the circle of hooklets and the four suckers, is then formed at the anterior part of the embryo, constituting now the scolex of Van Beneden.
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Scolex
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Polish
2 entries- główka noun (hooked structure at the front end of a tapeworm)
- skoleks noun (hooked structure at the front end of a tapeworm)
Portuguese
1 entries- escólex noun (hooked structure at the front end of a tapeworm)
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