proglottid
noun
pro·glot·tid
(ˌ)prō-ˈglä-təd 
: a segment of a tapeworm containing both male and female reproductive organs
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Each proglottid contains all of the necessary machinery to reproduce - testes, ovaries and uterus are neatly compacted into a globular, rosette shape that churns out eggs.
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Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2011
From there, tapeworms grow a bunch of little segments called proglottids, which contain eggs, and are often passed out of the body with the host's stool.
—Maria Masters, Health.com, 24 May 2018
Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2011
From there, tapeworms grow a bunch of little segments called proglottids, which contain eggs, and are often passed out of the body with the host's stool.
—Maria Masters, Health.com, 24 May 2018
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proglottid
noun
pro·glot·tid
(ˈ)prō-ˈglät-əd
: one of the segments of a tapeworm formed by a process of strobilation in the neck region of the worm, containing both male and female reproductive organs, and surviving briefly after breaking away from the strobila
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