Strix
(Strix) n. [L. strix, strigis.] (Arch.) One of the flutings of a column.
Stroam
(Stroam) v. i. [Prov. E. strome to walk with long strides.]
1. To wander about idly and vacantly. [Obs.]
2. To take long strides in walking. [Prov. Eng.]
Strobila
(||Stro*bi"la) n.; pl. Strobilæ [NL., fr. Gr. anything twisted, a pine cone.] (Zoöl.) (a) 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 ephyræ, or young medusæ. (b) A mature tapeworm.
Strobilaceous
(Strob`i*la"ceous) a. [See Strobila.] (Bot.) (a) Of or pertaining to a strobile or cone.
(b) Producing strobiles.
Strobilation
(Strob`i*la"tion) n. (Zoöl.) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely,
as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian.
Strobile
(Strob"ile) n. [L. strobilus a pine cone, Gr. : cf. F. strobole.] [Written also strobil.]
1. (Bot.) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or
pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3.
2. (Biol.) An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects,
as the tapeworm, — one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.
3. (Zoöl.) Same as Strobila.
Strobiliform
(Stro*bil"i*form) a. Shaped like a strobile.
Strobiline
(Strob"i*line) a. Of or pertaining to a strobile; strobilaceous; strobiliform; as, strobiline fruits.
Stroboscope
(Strob"o*scope) n. [Gr. a whirling + -scope.]
1. An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by
means of light which is periodically interrupted.
2. An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope.
Strockle
(Stroc"kle) n. (Glass Manuf.) A shovel with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc. [Written also
strocal, strocle, strokal.]
Strode
(Strode) n. See Strude. [Obs.]
Strode
(Strode), imp. of Stride.
Stroke
(Stroke) obs. imp. of Strike. Struck.
Stroke
(Stroke), n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See Strike, v. t.]
