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taenia

tae.nia \'te--ne--*\ \-ne--.e-\ n or tae.ni.ae or taenias [L, fr. Gk 
   tainia; akin to Gk teinein to stretch - more at THI] [NL, fr. L, fillet, 
   band] pl N 1: an ancient Greek fillet  2: a band on a Doric order 
   separating the frieze from the architrave  3: a band of nervous tissue or 
   muscle  4: TAPEWORM