TAENIAS

Noun

taenias

plural of taenia

Anagrams

• anisate, atisane, entasia

Source: Wiktionary


TAENIA

Tæ"ni*a, n.; pl. Tæniæ. Etym: [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.

2. (Anat.)

Definition: A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.

3. (Arch.)

Definition: The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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