taenia

Definition of Taenia in English :

1. fillet, taenia, tenia

a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband

2. taenia

tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Taenia

noun plural -niae (-nɪˌiː)

1.

(in ancient Greece) a narrow fillet or headband for the hair

2. architecture

the fillet between the architrave and frieze of a Doric entablature

3. anatomy

any bandlike structure or part

4.

any tapeworm of the genus Taenia, such as T. soleum, a parasite of humans that uses the pig as its intermediate host

nounWord forms: plural ˈtaeniˌae (ˈtiniˌi ; tēˈnēēˌ)

1.

an ancient Greek headband or fillet

2. Anatomy

a ribbonlike part or structure, as of muscle or nerve tissue

3. Architecture

a band between the frieze and the architrave of a Doric entablature

4. Zoology

a tapeworm (esp. genus Taenia)

n. pl. tae·ni·ae (-nē-ē′) or tae·ni·as also te·ni·ae 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. Any of various tapeworms of the genus Taenia, some of which infect humans.