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strobila
[ stroh-bahy-luh ]
noun
, Zoology.
, plural stro·bi·lae [stroh-, bahy, -lee].
- 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.
strobila
/ ˈstrəʊbɪlə /
noun
- the body of a tapeworm, consisting of a string of similar segments (proglottides)
- a less common name for scyphistoma
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Word History and Origins
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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).
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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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