Word.ws English Dictionary

proglottid

proglottid noun: a segment of a tapeworm; they contain both male and female reproductive organs.

Noun

proglottid (plural proglottids)

  1. A segment of a tapeworm; they contain both male and female reproductive organs

Forms of proglottid

pluralproglottids

Origin of proglottid

From Ancient Greek προγλωσσίς (proglōssís, “the tip of the tongue”), from γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). Spelling influenced by glottis.

Words that rhyme with proglottid

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about proglottid

What does proglottid mean?
Proglottid means a segment of a tapeworm; they contain both male and female reproductive organs.
What part of speech is proglottid?
Proglottid is a noun.
What is the plural of proglottid?
The plural of proglottid is proglottids.

Words near proglottid in the dictionary

  1. ProgIDs
  2. progie
  3. proglacial
  4. proglike
  5. proglottic
  6. proglottid
  7. proglottides
  8. proglottidization
  9. proglottids
  10. proglottis
  11. proglucagon

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: proglottid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “proglottid.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/proglottid. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.