bothridium
Meanings
noun
- An outgrowth from the scolex of some tapeworms that is used for adhesion.
- In chelicerates, a projecting cup constituting the trichobothrium.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βόθρος (bóthros, “a pit”) + -idium.
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