tae·ni·a also te·ni·a (t  n- )n. pl. tae·ni·ae also te·ni·ae (-n - ) or tae·ni·as also te·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. [Latin, ribbon, tapeworm, from Greek taini  ; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] |
taenia US, tenia [ˈtiːnɪə]
n pl -niae [-nɪˌiː]
1. (Clothing & Fashion) (in ancient Greece) a narrow fillet or headband for the hair
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Architect the fillet between the architrave and frieze of a Doric entablature
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy any bandlike structure or part
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any tapeworm of the genus Taenia, such as T. soleum, a parasite of man that uses the pig as its intermediate host
[via Latin from Greek tainia narrow strip; related to Greek teinein to stretch]
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| Noun | 1. | taenia - a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband 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 |
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