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strobilating

strobilating is the present participle and gerund of strobilate.

Meaning of strobilate

Verb

strobilate (third-person singular simple present strobilates, present participle strobilating, simple past and past participle strobilated)

  1. (intransitive) To produce a strobile, a cone-shaped life form that is a stage of asexual reproduction that some invertebrates pass through.
    • "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...2007 September 16, Saki Knafo, quoting Neil Allicock, “My Family Has High Hopes for Me Because They Know I’m Going to Do Great Things”, in The New York Times

Questions about strobilating

What is strobilating the present participle and gerund of?
Strobilating is the present participle and gerund of strobilate.

Words near strobilating in the dictionary

  1. strobilae
  2. strobilar
  3. strobilate
  4. strobilated
  5. strobilates
  6. strobilating
  7. strobilation
  8. strobilations
  9. strobile
  10. strobiles
  11. strobili

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