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bothriocephalus

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Main Entry: Both·rio·ceph·a·lus
Pronunciation: "bäth-rE-O-'sef-&-l&s
Function: noun
: a genus of tapeworms of theorder Pseudophyllidea with two bothria that is sometimes considered to include the common fish tapeworm of humans —compare DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM
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Bothriocephalus Both·ri·o·ceph·a·lus (bŏth'rē-ō-sěf'ə-ləs)
n.
A genus of tapeworms with both plerocercoid and adult stages in fishes.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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