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scolex (n.)
"embryo stage of a tapeworm," 1852, from Modern Latin
scolex
(plural
scoleces
), from Greek
skolex
"worm," related to
skolyptesthai
"to twist and turn," from PIE
*skel-
(3) "crooked" (see
scoliosis
).
