n.
Pronunciation: str ō - ' b ī -l ə , ' str ō -b ə -
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -lae \ -( ˌ )l ē \
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek strobil ē plug of lint shaped like a pinecone, from strobilos pinecone
Date: circa 1864
: a linear series of similar animal structures (as the proglottids of a tapeworm) produced by budding