Tæ'ni-ă, n.

n. [Lat., a ribbon.] A genus of intestinal worms, which are parasitic animals composed of many articulations, and often many feet in length; tape-worm. The head is small, supplied with four suckers, between which is a rounded projection surrounded by a crown of retractile teeth or hooks. Two species are found in man, the T. solium and the T. nana.