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Strobila


Stro-bi′la

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Noun.
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pl.
Strobilae
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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] anything twisted, a pine cone.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae.
(b)
A mature tapeworm.

Definition 2024


strobila

strobila

English

Noun

strobila (plural strobilae)

  1. (zoology) The jointed series of segments of the body of a tapeworm, posterior to the unjointed collum.

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