Strobilation

Quick meaning: Strobilation is a noun meaning (biology) A form of asexual reproduction by division into body segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfish.

Meaning

(biology) A form of asexual reproduction by division into body segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfish.

Example Sentences

"Strobilation is like: All right, the male jellyfish releases his sperm into the water and the female jellyfish, her eggs catch them, right? So, when they fuse, it turns into a little polyp. The polyp hooks on to a rock, and the temperature and different types of food make the polyp grow faster. So that’s what we try to do, make them strobilate faster."

Word Forms

• strobilations

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include strobilization, strobile, strobila, strobilus, strobil, scyphistoma.

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