taenia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
    fillet; tenia.
  2. noun tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host

WordNet

Tæ"ni*a noun (Also<
  • Taenia
  • Tænia
)
Etymology
L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.
Wordforms
plural Tæniæ
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.
  2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
  3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.

Webster 1913