Found 2 items, similar to taenia.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: taenia taenia n 1: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn: tenia, fillet] 2: tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host [also: taeniae (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Taenia Taenia \T[ae]"ni*a\, n.; pl. T[ae]ni[ae]. [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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]