a. Zool. and Bot. [f. STROBIL-A or STROBIL-US + -OID.] Resembling, or of the nature of, a strobila or strobilus.
1865. Nat. Hist. Rev., July, 345. The Cestoidea, in their strobiloid stage, occur only within the alimentary canal.
1887. Sollas, in Encycl. Brit., XXII. 415/1. (Sponges), Ascon type: simple, ex. Ascetta, Hk.; strobiloid, ex. Homoderma, Lfd.
1893. Bower, in Phil. Trans., B. CLXXXV. 493. The Lycopodineæ and Equisetineæ are strobiloid types. Ibid. These strobiloid Pteridophyta.
