Definitions for strobila

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strobila stro·bi·la

Spelling: [stroh-bahy-luh]

IPA: /stroʊˈbaɪ lə/

Strobila is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 526 anagrams from letters in strobila (abilorst).

Definitions for strobila

noun

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.

Origin of strobila

1835-45; New Latin, orig. coined as a genus name Greek strobī́lē a plug of lint shaped like a fir cone; see strobilus

Examples for strobila

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

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

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

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.