Strobilae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strobila \Stro*bi"la\, n.; pl. {Strobilae}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
     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.
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