||Tæ"ni*a (?), n.; pl. Tæniæ (#). [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.

2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.

3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.

||Tæ"ni*a (?), n.; pl. Tæniæ (#). [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.

2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.

3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.

• a ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece
  
• (architecture) a band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order
  
• (anatomy) any ribbon-like band of tissue
  
• (biology) a tapeworm, and similar worms of the genus Taenia
  

Translingual
• a taxonomic genus, within family Taeniidae - the tapeworms etc
  

• a ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece
  
• (architecture) a band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order
  
• (anatomy) any ribbon-like band of tissue
  
• (biology) a tapeworm, and similar worms of the genus Taenia
  

Translingual
• a taxonomic genus, within family Taeniidae - the tapeworms etc