Strobila

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A part or structure that buds to form a series of segments, as the main body part of a tapeworm or the polyp stage in certain jellyfish.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The jointed series of segments of the body of a tapeworm, posterior to the unjointed collum.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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 ephyræ, or young medusæ.
  • n. A mature tapeworm.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In zoology: In Hydrozoa, a stage in the development of a discophoran, supervening upon the scyphistoma or hydra-tuba stage by the development of ephyræ, and before these become detached from one another and from the stalk upon which they grow. See ephyra, 1, and scyphistoma.
  • n. In Vermes, a segmented tapeworm; the chain of zooids formed by a scolex and the proglottides which have successively budded from it.
  • n. [capitalized] A supposed genus of acalephs, based on the strobiliform stage of certain hydrozoans.
  • n. [capitalized] In entomology, a genus of lepidopterous insects.
    • Word Usage
    "In many cases the terminal proglottid packed with eggs breaks away from the strobila and is freed within the feces"
     
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