1.
[syn: taenia, tenia, fillet]
2. tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Taenia \Tae"ni*a\, n.; pl. Taeniae. [L., a ribbon, a
tapeworm.]
1. (Zool.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the
common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several
bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric
frieze, separating it from the architrave.
[1913 Webster] Taeniacide
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
taenia
n 1: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
[syn: taenia, tenia, fillet]
2: tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its
intermediate host