What is "taeniae"

Taenia \T[ae]"ni*a\, n.; pl. T[ae]ni[ae]. [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

n. (en-irregular plural of: taenia)

1. n. a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn: tenia, fillet]

2. tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host

3. [also: taeniae (pl)]

See taenia