Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Taenia \T[ae]"ni*a\, n.; pl. {T[ae]ni[ae]}. [L., a ribbon, a
   tapeworm.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Source : WordNet®

taenia
     n 1: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
          [syn: {tenia}, {fillet}]
     2: tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its
        intermediate host
     [also: {taeniae} (pl)]

taeniae
     See {taenia}