'Taenia' definitions:

Definition of 'taenia'

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noun
A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn: taenia, tenia, fillet]
noun
Tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host

Definition of 'Taenia'

From: GCIDE
  • Taenia \Tae"ni*a\, n.; pl. Taeniae. [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.]
  • 1. (Zool.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave. [1913 Webster] Taeniacide

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