Dibothriocephalus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice, doubly”) + βοθρίον (bothríon, “small trench”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).
Proper noun
Dibothriocephalus
- A taxonomic genus within the family Diphyllobothriidae – certain tapeworms.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass; Cestoda - infraclass; Diphyllobothriidea - order; Diphyllobothriidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Dibothriocephalus latus (broad fish tapeworm), Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis - species
References
Dibothriocephalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Dibothriocephalus at National Center for Biotechnology Information