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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tae•ni•a (tē′nē ə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ni•ae (-nē ē′).USA pronunciation - Antiquity[Class. Antiq.]a headband or fillet.
- Architecture(on a Doric entablature) a fillet or band separating the frieze from the architrave.
- Anatomya ribbonlike structure, as certain bands of white nerve fibers in the brain.
- Invertebratesany tapeworm of the genus Taenia, parasitic in humans and other mammals.
Also, tenia. - Neo-Latin, Latin, as above
- Greek tainía band, ribbon; (in def. 4)
- Latin
- 1555–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: taenia, US tenia /ˈtiːnɪə/ n ( pl -niae / -nɪˌiː/)- (in ancient Greece) a narrow fillet or headband for the hair
- the fillet between the architrave and frieze of a Doric entablature
- 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
Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek tainia narrow strip; related to Greek teinein to stretch |