TAENIA

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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

2.
n.

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

3.
n.

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