strobile

n. 球果 [医] 链体(绦虫); 孢叶球

词形变化

strobiles 复数 strobiles

别名

strobil

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, such as a tapeworm or a jellyfish; one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.

    生物
  2. 2.

    A jointed series of segments in the body of an invertebrate.

    生物 动物学
  3. 3.

    A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine.

    生物 植物学

词汇关系

词源

From Latin strobilus (“a pinecone”) and Latin strobila, from Ancient Greek στρόβιλος (stróbilos). All senses refer to things that look like, or somewhat like (via fancied resemblance), a pinecone.

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