Metorchis

Metorchis

(met-ōr'kis), A genus of opisthorchid fish-borne flukes parasitic in the gallbladder of fish-eating mammals and birds, common in north temperate regions. Metorchis conjunctus is a species that occurs in dogs and cats, and occasionally in humans, in North America. [G. meta, behind, + orchis, testicle]