Taenia

n. pl. Tæniæ (#).
  1. (Zoöl.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.
  2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
  3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.