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Hooks vs Scolex - What's the difference?

hooks | scolex |

As nouns the difference between hooks and scolex

is that hooks is while scolex is the structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.

As a verb hooks

is (hook).

hooks

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (hook)

    • Anagrams

    *

    scolex

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.
  • *1859 Robert Bentley Todd - The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology
  • *: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.