Ech in aster (ekinaster)

[NL., Ech in aster sent us. cestoid worms. See Ech i no bothrium. D Ech i no bothrium (e-ki-nō-both'ri - um), n. [NL., ἐχῖνος , a hedge- hog, + βοθρίον , dim. of βόθρος , a pit, trench.] A genus of cestoid worms, or tapeworms, of the family Diphylli- dæ , having on the head two fo ettes with hooks. The separated proglottides continue to live and grow for some time in- dependently. E. minimum and E. typus are examples. Also Echineibothrium . Echinobri idæ (e-ki-nō-bris'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Ech i no bri us . Ech i no bri us (e-ki-nō-bris'us), n. [NL., prop. * Echinobry us , νος , a hedgehog, sea-urchin, + βρύσσος , a kind of sea-urchin.] The typical genus of the fam- ily Ech i no bris sida . IMG:content-0187.png:[graphic][merged small] Ech i no cactus (e-ki-nō-kak'tus), n. [NL., rows. They are armed with clusters of short spines, at the base of which, upon the younger parts of the plant, are borne the large and showy flowers. Over 200 species have been described, mostly Mexican, with a con- sider able number within the limits of the United States. Ech i no cactus viridescens. United States, having the spines sheathed in membrane and occurring only at the angles of the calcareous plates of the upper surface. Cribella is a synonym.