taenia

  1. Noun.  a ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.
  2. Noun.  (architecture) a band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order.
  3. Noun.  (anatomy) any ribbon-like band of tissue.
  4. Noun.  (biology) a tapeworm, and similar worms of the genus ''Taenia''.

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