Taenia

[ti:niә]

(noun.) tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host.

(noun.) a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.

Edited by Cary--From WordNet

(n.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.

(n.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.

(n.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.

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