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STROBILA

Definition: STROBILA

STROBILA

Noun

1. A mature tapeworm.

2. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Strobila \Stro*bi"la\, noun; plural Strobil[ae]. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression anything twisted, pine cone.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: STROBILA

English words defined with "STROBILA": EphyraStrobilae. (references)
Etymologies containing "STROBILA": Strobilaceous. (references)

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Derivations: STROBILA

Derivations

Words beginning with "STROBILA": strobilae, strobilation, strobilations. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "STROBILA"

Words rhyming with "STROBILA" (pronounced 'Stro*bi"la'): Ala, Algarovilla, Ampulla, Angola, Armilla, Arolla, Axilla, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Bulla, Cabrilla, Calcavella, Calla, Camarilla, Canella, Capella, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla, Columbella, Columella, Coronilla, Fibrilla, flotilla, Fovilla, Fringilla, gala, Gentianella, gorgonzola, gorilla, granadilla, guerilla, Gula, koala, lamella, Lirella, Locustella, mammilla, mandola, mantilla, Manzanilla. (additional references)

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Anagrams: STROBILA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: orbitals.

Words within the letters "a-b-i-l-o-r-s-t"

-1 letter: bailors, borstal, bristol, oblasti, oralist, orbital, rialtos, strobil, tailors.

-2 letters: aborts, aorist, aristo, bailor, biotas, bistro, bloats, boarts, borals, brails, brasil, broils, isobar, labors, libras, oblast, orbits, ratios, rialto, sailor, satori, tabors, tailor, tolars, trails, trials, tribal, triols.

-3 letters: aboil, abort, abris, airts, alist, altos, arils, astir, bails, baits, basil, biota, birls, blast.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-i-l-o-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: laborites, strobilae.

 

+2 letters: broadtails, cabriolets, fibroblast, liberators, librations, sailboater, suborbital, tailboards.

 

+3 letters: atrabilious, blastoporic, calibrators, clofibrates, fibroblasts, liberations, lubricators, meroblastic, obliterates, obstetrical, postorbital, probabilist, sailboaters, sorbability, subcortical, sublittoral, subrational, subtropical, tailorbirds, vibratoless.

 

+4 letters: ambulatories, amobarbitals, astrobiology, bardolatries, bibliolaters, biomaterials, bipolarities, boatbuilders, boilerplates, borosilicate, calibrations, celebrations, crossability, elaborations, fibroblastic, laboratories, labradorites, lubrications, lucubrations, obliterators, prelibations, probabilists, problematics, rambouillets, secobarbital, strobilation, subeditorial, sublittorals, subnormality, supraorbital, tribulations, urbanologist.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: STROBILA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 54 52 4F 42 49 4C 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    -    .-.    ---    -...    ..    .-..    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01010100 01010010 01001111 01000010 01001001 01001100 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#66 &#73 &#76 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0054 0052 004F 0042 0049 004C 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5354524936434635

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Derivations
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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