Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Strobila

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Strobila


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(1):

(n.) A mature tapeworm.

(2):

(n.) 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.