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Webster 1913 Edition
Strobila
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Stro-bi′la
,Noun.
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.