strobila

Definitions


[strəˈbʌɪlə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the segmented part of the body of a tapeworm that consists of a long chain of proglottids

- a stack of immature larval jellyfish formed on a sessile polyp-like form by budding


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Origin:
mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek strobilē ‘twisted plug of lint’, from strephein ‘to twist’




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