Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun taenia

2 senses of taenia

Sense 1
taenia, tenia, fillet -- (a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband)
       => headband -- (a band worn around or over the head; "the earphones were held in place by a headband")

Sense 2
taenia -- (tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host)
       => tapeworm, cestode -- (ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates)