Taenia

noun

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounA ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.

2.noun(Doric architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order.

3.nounAny of several ribbon-like bands of tissue.

4.nounAny species of the genus Taenia of tapeworms.

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