proglottid
one of the individuals of a chain making up a cestode worm, such as a tapeworm
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
proglottid One set of reproductive organs in a tapeworm strobila; usually corresponds to a segment. One of the linearly arranged segmentlike sections that make up the strobila of a tapeworm.
It then begins to produce buds, called proglottids, at its posterior.
These remain attached to each other for a time and, as they mature, each develops both male and female sex organs.
Behind the head is a short neck and then a long string of proglottids. Each proglottid segment contains a full set of both male and female sex organs and very little other structure.
Tapeworms have adapted to their parasitic way of life so completely that they do not need a gut and just absorb food into their body from the intestine of the host. They have no sense organs, and consist of a ribbon of multiple proglottids which ...
 See also: Organ, Human, Host, Species, Larva
  
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