noun. A part or structure that buds to form a series of segments, especially.

noun. The body of a tapeworm behind the scolex, consisting of a series of proglottids.

noun. The stack of disklike segments produced by the polyps of certain jellyfishes, which separates into immature medusae.

noun. In zoology: In Hydrozoa, a stage in the development of a discophoran, supervening upon the scyphistoma or hydra-tuba stage by the development of ephyræ, and before these become detached from one another and from the stalk upon which they grow. See ephyra, 1, and scyphistoma.

noun. In Vermes, a segmented tapeworm; the chain of zooids formed by a scolex and the proglottides which have successively budded from it.

noun. [capitalized] A supposed genus of acalephs, based on the strobiliform stage of certain hydrozoans.

noun. [capitalized] In entomology, a genus of lepidopterous insects.

noun. 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.

noun. A mature tapeworm.

noun. The jointed series of segments of the body of a tapeworm, posterior to the unjointed collum.

"In many cases the terminal proglottid packed with eggs breaks away from the strobila and is freed within the feces"