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▪ I. strongyle1|ˈstrɒndʒɪl|
See also strongle.
[ad. mod.L. Strongylus, ad. Gr. στρογγύλος round.]
A thread-worm of the genus Strongylus (or the family Strongylidæ, of which this is the type), common as a disease-producing parasite in various animals.
1847Redwood S. F. Gray's Suppl. Pharmacop. 187 Strongylus gigas. (Rudol.) The Large Strongyle. 1879Cobbold Parasites 377 In the Deangunid and Talybont districts these strongyles proved terribly fatal to mountain ponies. 1886Athenæum 30 Jan. 171/3 Strongylus axei..also shows affinity with the grouse strongyle and with the stomach worm of lambs.
attrib.1879Cobbold Parasites 338 Strongyle embryos.
▪ II. strongyle2 Zool.|ˈstrɒndʒɪl|
Also in mod.L. form strongyla.
[ad. Gr. στρογγύλη fem. (agreeing with ῥάβδος rhabdus) of στρογγύλος round.]
A sponge-spicule of the rhabdus type, rounded at both ends. Hence ˈstrongylate, ˈstrongylote adjs., having the shape of a strongyle.
1887S. O. Ridley in Challenger Rep. XX. p. xvi, Strongyla; here the spicule is not pointed at all, but the ends are evenly rounded off. Ibid. 36 Spicules.—Oxeote to strongylote, size variable. 1887Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 416/2 (Sponges) Usually pointed (oxeate) at the ends, they [the spicular rays] are also frequently rounded off (strongylate), or thickened into knobs (tylotate), or branched (cladose). Ibid., The rhabdus if pointed at both ends is known as an oxea; if rounded at both ends as a strongyle. 1900E. A. Minchin in Ray Lankester's Treat. Zool. ii. Sponges 137 Whether the extremities are sharp (‘oxeote’),..rounded (‘strongylote’), knobbed (‘tylote’) [etc.]. |