strobila in English

noun
1
the segmented part of the body of a tapeworm that consists of a long chain of proglottids.
The youngest portion of the strobila is just behind the neck, while the oldest portion is at the posterior end of the body.
2
a stack of immature larval jellyfish formed on a sessile polyplike form by sequential budding.
The strobila may look like a stack of saucers, the saucers being the immature medusae called ephyrae.

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1. Aeneus are Strobila labyrinthica, Strobilops aenea, S

2. 2 Class Cestoda: general description • consist of a rounded head, called a scolex, and long strobila or chain of proglottids (multiple segments) of varying stages of maturity.

3. The body of Cestodes (from the Greek cestos - belt, ribbon) is usually ribbon-like, oblate in the dorsoventral direction, consists of a head (scolex), neck and strobila, divided into segments (proglottids)

4. The strobila of cestodes consists of a chain of segments (proglottids) budded off from the neck region. A gut is absent(Sentence dictionary), and the reproductive system is repeated in each proglottid.