{ or }, p. p. of Ta, to take, or a contraction of Taken. [ Poetic & Scot. ] Burns. [ 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 ]

‖n.; pl. Taenidia [ NL., dim. fr. L. taenia a ribbon. ] (Zool.) The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects. See Illust. of Trachea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. taini`a a ribbon + glw^ssa a tongue. ] (Zool.) An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and fresh-water. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Taenioglossa. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. Taeniolae [ L., dim. of taenia a ribbon. ] (Zool.) One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae. [ 1913 Webster ]