The structure at the rear end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host
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.
(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) (plural: scolices) the anterior end of a tapeworm, bearing suckers and hooks for attachment