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TAENIA (taeniae)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does taenia mean?
• TAENIA (noun)
The noun TAENIA has 2 senses:
1. a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
2. tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host
Familiarity information: TAENIA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("taenia" is a kind of...):
headband (a band worn around or over the head)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("taenia" is a kind of...):
cestode; tapeworm (ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates)
Holonyms ("taenia" is a member of...):
genus Taenia (type genus of the family Taeniidae: tapeworms)
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