/stroh buy"leuh/ , n. , pl. strobilae /-lee/ . Zool.
1. the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Cf. scolex .
2. the chain of segments of the larva of a jellyfish in the class Scyphozoa, each segment of which gives rise to a free-swimming medusa.
[ 1835-45; strobíle a plug of lint shaped like a fir cone; see STROBILUS ]