‖n.; pl. Strobilae [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Strobila. ] (Bot.) (a) Of or pertaining to a strobile or cone. (b) Producing strobiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. strobilus a pine cone, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. strobole. ] [ Written also strobil. ] 1. (Bot.) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, -- one of the forms that occur in metagenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Same as Strobila. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like a strobile. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a strobile; strobilaceous; strobiliform; as, strobiline fruits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a whirling + -scope. ] 1. An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]