Bothriocephalus

Bothriocephalus
A genus of pseudophyllid tapeworms with both plerocercoid and adult stages in fishes; sometimes historically confused with Diphyllobothrium. [G. bothrion, dim. of bothros, pit or trench, + kephale, head]
- B. cordatus a tapeworm species common in dogs and humans in Greenland.
- B. latus former name for Diphyllobothrium latum.
- B. mansoni former name for Spirometra mansoni.
- B. mansonoides former name for Spirometra mansonoides.

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Both·rio·ceph·a·lus .bäth-rē-ō-'sef-ə-ləs n a genus of tapeworms of the order Pseudophyllidea with two bothria that is sometimes considered to include the common fish tapeworm of humans compare DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM

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Both·rio·ceph·a·lus (both″re-o-sefґə-ləs) [Gr. bothrion pit + -cephalus] Diphyllobothrium.

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