taenia

from 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

from 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}.
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   2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several
      bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
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   3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric
      frieze, separating it from the architrave.
      [1913 Webster] Taeniacide