noun, plural tae·ni·ae [tee-nee-ee] /ˈti niˌi/.
- Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Architecture. (on a Doric entablature) a fillet or band separating the frieze from the architrave.
- Anatomy. a ribbonlike structure, as certain bands of white nerve fibers in the brain.
- any tapeworm of the genus Taenia, parasitic in humans and other mammals.
noun plural -niae (-nɪˌiː)
- (in ancient Greece) a narrow fillet or headband for the hair
- architect the fillet between the architrave and frieze of a Doric entablature
- anatomy any bandlike structure or part
- any tapeworm of the genus Taenia, such as T. soleum, a parasite of man that uses the pig as its intermediate host
n. pl tae•ni•as
- A ribbonlike band of tissue or muscle.
- A flatworm of the genus Taenia, which includes many tapeworms. Not in technical use.
n.
- A genus of cestodes that formerly included most of the tapeworms but is now restricted to those species infecting carnivores with a cysticercus.