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