Bothriocephalus

{both-re-o-sef ’-al-us) \_fiodplov, a pit; at^akr], a head]. A genus of tapeworms. B. lat us, the fish tapeworm, a common parasite of man in certain European localities. It may reach twenty-five feet in length, with a breadth of three-fourths of an inch. It is also called Tcenia lat a and Dibothrium latum. 154