Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strobilation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stro-bi-la-tion
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

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.""

Etymology

Etymology tree English strobile Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English strobilate ▲ English -ation English -ion English strobilation From strobile + -ation, or from strobilate + -ion.

Usage

Inflected Forms

strobilations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

strobila strobilaceous strobilar strobilate strobile strobiliform Strobilomyces strobilus

Questions

What does strobilation mean?: A form of asexual reproduction by division into body segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfish.
Where does strobilation come from?: Etymology tree English strobile Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English strobilate ▲ English -ation English -ion English strobilation From strobile + -ation, or from strobilate + -ion.

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