Bothria may refer to:
* bothria, plural of
bothrium
Bothria (from Greek ''bothrion'' = small pit, diminutive of ''bothros'' = pit, trench) are elongate, dorsal or ventral longitudinal grooves on the scolex of cestoda. They have weak muscles but are capable of some sucking action. Bothria occur as a ...
, an anatomical feature of the
scolex of certain kinds of
tapeworm
Eucestoda, commonly referred to as tapeworms, is the larger of the two subclasses of flatworms in the class Cestoda (the other subclass is Cestodaria). Larvae have six posterior hooks on the scolex (head), in contrast to the ten-hooked Cestodar ...
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''Bothria'' (fly), a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae
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