Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Proglottis
Pro·glot′tis (·tĭs), n.; pl. Proglottides (#). [NL. fr. Gr. προγλωττίς the tip of the tongue; πρό forward + γλῶττα the tongue.] (Zoöl) One of the free, or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. It contains both male and female reproductive organs, and is capable of a brief independent existence.