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taenia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun taenia has 2 senses
- taenia(n = noun.artifact) fillet, tenia - a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband; Array is a kind of headband
- taenia(n = noun.animal) Array - tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host; Array is a kind of cestode, tapeworm
is a member of genus taenia
OXFORD DICTIONARY
taenia, n. (US tenia) (pl. taeniae or taenias)
1 Archit. a fillet between a Doric architrave and frieze.
2 Anat. any flat ribbon-like structure, esp. the muscles of the colon.
3 any large tapeworm of the genus Taenia, esp. T. saginata and T. soleum, parasitic on humans.
4 Gk Antiq. a fillet or headband.
1 Archit. a fillet between a Doric architrave and frieze.
2 Anat. any flat ribbon-like structure, esp. the muscles of the colon.
3 any large tapeworm of the genus Taenia, esp. T. saginata and T. soleum, parasitic on humans.
4 Gk Antiq. a fillet or headband.
Derivative
taenioid adj.
Etymology
L f. Gk tainia ribbon
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