taenia

tae·ni·a also te·ni·a  (tn-)

n. pl. tae·ni·ae (-n-) or tae·ni·as

1. A narrow band or ribbon for the hair that was worn in ancient Greece.

2. Architecture A band in the Doric order that separates the frieze from the architrave.

3. Anatomy A ribbonlike band of tissue or muscle.

4. A flatworm of the genus Taenia, which includes many tapeworms.

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[Latin, ribbon, tapeworm, from Greek taini; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	taenia - a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband tenia, fillet headband - a band worn around or over the head; "the earphones were held in place by a headband"
	2.	taenia - tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host cestode, tapeworm - ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates genus Taenia - type genus of the family Taeniidae: tapeworms