taenia
Noun
- A ribbon-like band or a headband worn in ancient Greece.
- a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
- tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host
- A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.
- A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order.
- Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue.
- Any species of the genus Taenia of tapeworms.
Examples
- Her clever play of TAENIA highlighted the unexpected beauty in obscure words in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin taenia, from Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon, tape”).
Scrabble Score: 6
taenia: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtaenia: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
taenia: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
taenia: valid Words With Friends Word