Bible Dictionaries
Taenia

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Taenia'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/taenia.html. 1828.