tenia, Taenia (te'ne-ah). 1

A ribbon; a bandage; a tapelike structure. 2. A genus of flat worms of the phylum Platy helm int hes, the cla Cestoidea, and the family Taeniidae. They are characterized by a scolex with a distinct head having four suctorial disks with or without a double or single row of hooks1 and by a band like body divided into segments or poly glottides, which, when mature, are bisexual. Each segment contains ovaries, testes, and a uterus, which _ becomes crowded with eggs that are laid in the intestine of the host. The adults inhabit the intestinal canal of carnivorous vertebrates, nearly every species of which has really its specific is the adult t.parasite, The so-called "head" that germinates segments as long as it remains in the intestine. In their larval state (cysticercus) they are usually found in herbivorous vertebrates. T. a cut is sima. A species from 30 to 130 mm. long. Found in man, ducks, and geese in Europe. T. african a. A form found in East Africa. T. asiatica. A species found in Asiatic Ru ia. T. Bremmeri.