Thesaurus: taenia

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1. n. A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.
2. n. A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
3. n. The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.
4. n. a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
5. n. tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host
6. 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm. 2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain. 3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.
7. A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapewormsof man. See Tapeworm.
8. n. a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband n. tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host