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strobila

[ stroh-bahy-luh ]

noun

, Zoology.
, plural stro·bi·lae [stroh-, bahy, -lee].
  1. the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
  2. the chain of segments of the larva of a jellyfish in the class Scyphozoa, each segment of which gives rise to a free-swimming medusa.


strobila

/ ˈstrəʊbɪlə /

noun

  1. the body of a tapeworm, consisting of a string of similar segments (proglottides)
  2. a less common name for scyphistoma
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of strobila1

1835–45; < New Latin, originally coined as a genus name < Greek strobī́lē a plug of lint shaped like a fir cone; strobilus
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Word History and Origins

Origin of strobila1

C19: from New Latin, from Greek strobilē plug of lint twisted into a cone shape, from strobilos a fir cone
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Example Sentences

There are some species which, having no hydroid or strobila state, mature without alternation of generation (metagenesis).

Strobila, stro-bī′la, n. a discomedusan at the stage succeeding the scyphistoma: a segmented tapeworm.

But in the case of the strobila we say that it is not changed, but dies, and is no part of the personality of the medusa.

The segmentation of the strobila is very indistinct, but the reproductive organs occur at regular intervals.

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