Latin

Proper noun

Strobilus m ‎(genitive Strobilī); second declension

1. A male given name, character in the play Aulularia of Plautus.

References

• Strobilus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Strobilus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Noun

strobilus ‎(plural strobili)

1. (botany) cone
2. (zoology) A layered reproductive stage in jellyfish, in which the swimming medusa form is produced.

Related terms

• strobilate

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