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strobila

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stro=bi=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

strobilan. [NL., fr. Gr. anything twisted, a pine cone.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

strobila, n. (pl. strobilae)
1 a chain of proglottids in a tapeworm.
2 a sessile polyp-like form which divides horizontally to produce jellyfish larvae.

Etymology
mod.L f. Gk strobile twisted lint-plug f. strepho twist

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