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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROGLOTTID

PROGLOTTID Pro *glot "tid, n. (Zoöl )

 

Defn: Proglottis.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

proglottid

pro glot tid |prōˈglätid proʊˈɡlɑtɪd |(also proglottis |-ˈglätis |) noun Zoology each segment in the strobila of a tapeworm, containing a complete sexually mature reproductive system. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek proglōssis, proglōssid - point of the tongue, based on glōssa, glōtta tongue (because of its shape ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

proglottid

proglottid |prəʊˈglɒtɪd | noun Zoology each segment in the strobila of a tapeworm, containing a complete sexually mature reproductive system. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Greek proglōssis, proglōssid - point of the tongue , based on glōssa, glōtta tongue (because of its shape ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Proglottid

Pro glot tid Substantiv, maskulin Medizin , der |Proglott i d |der Proglottid; Genitiv: des Proglottiden, Plural: die Proglottiden griechisch-neulateinisch Bandwurmglied