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Definition of Proglottids
1. proglottid [n] - See also: proglottid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proglottids
Literary usage of Proglottids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"In exceptional cases single proglottids or whole worms may reach contiguous organs
if abnormal communications with them FIG. 235. ..."
2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"First proglottids longer than broad or nearly quadrate; ... First proglottids
very short. Mature and ripe proglottids nearly quadrate or in a few ripe ..."
3. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"The proglottids arise from the hinder end of the scolex, by a kind of budding.
... At first the proglottids are small; they increase with age to ..."
4. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1902)
"mm. broad and 0.01 mm. long; the ripe proglottids at the end are elongate oval,
5 mm. broad and 12 mm. (half an inch) long. Head and proglottids have ..."
5. Morphology of Invertebrate Types by Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (1916)
"As the body of the worm is very contractile the length is subject to great
variations even if the age and number of proglottids is the same. ..."
6. Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin by University of Wisconsin (1910)
"29 , jr proglottids 1.5 mm. broad in front; 2.5 mm. broad behind: very short (0.45mm.).
... Posterior proglottids brownish grey due to mature uterus. ..."
7. A Course in Invertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1915)
"The youngest proglottids are those nearest the scolex; ... Count the proglottids.
The animal attaches itself to the wall of the intestine by means of its ..."
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