strobila

[ stroh-bahy-luh ]

noun,plural stro·bi·lae

[stroh-bahy-lee]. /stroʊˈbaɪ li/. Zoology.

the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region.: Compare scolex.
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.

Origin of strobila

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

Words Nearby strobila

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How to use strobila in a sentence

There are some species which, having no hydroid or strobila state, mature without alternation of generation (metagenesis).
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold
strobila, stro-bī′la, n. a discomedusan at the stage succeeding the scyphistoma: a segmented tapeworm.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various
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.
Life and Habit | Samuel Butler
The segmentation of the strobila is very indistinct, but the reproductive organs occur at regular intervals.
Parasites | T. Spencer Cobbold

British Dictionary definitions for strobila

strobila

/ (ˈstrəʊbɪlə) /

nounplural -bilae (-bɪliː)

the body of a tapeworm, consisting of a string of similar segments (proglottides)
a less common name for scyphistoma

Origin of strobila

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

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