Zool. [f. STROBIL-A + -ATION. Cf. STROBILIZATION.] The formation of strobilæ in Hydrozoa, tapeworms, etc.
1878. F. J. Bell, Gegenbaur’s Comp. Anat., 99. The strobilation of Scyphostoma and the consequent development of a number of Medusæ.
1881. Lankester, in Encycl. Brit., XII. 553/2. The Hydromedusæ never produce medusæ by strobilation or transverse division of a hydriform person.
1896. F. W. Gamble, Flatworms (Camb. Nat. Hist. II.), 76. The strobilation of a scyphistoma.
