scolex

n., pl., -li·ces (-lĭ-sēz').
The knoblike anterior end of a tapeworm, having suckers or hooklike parts that in the adult stage serve as organs of attachment to the host on which the tapeworm is parasitic.

[New Latin scōlēx, from Greek skōlēx, worm.]

(skō'lĕks')
n., pl. -lex·es or sco·li·ces or sco·le·ces (-lĭ-sēz').

The knoblike anterior end of a tapeworm, having suckers or hooklike parts that in the adult stage serve as organs of attachment to the host.

Pl. scoleces [Gr.] the attachment organ of a tapeworm, generally considered the anterior, or cephalic, end.