a. [ Taenia + -oid. ] 1. Ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to Taenia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. (Zool.) The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Taeniae [ L., a ribbon, a tapeworm. ] 1. (Zool.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Taenioidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. taenia a ribbon. ] (Zool.) A division of Ctenophora including those which have a long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example. [ 1913 Webster ]