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. See scyphistoma
   a less common name for scyphistoma

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

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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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.

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

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