[tae.nia] n, pl -ni.ae or -nias [L, ribbon, fillet, fr. Gk tainia; akin to Gk teinein to stretch--more at thin] (1563) 1: a band on a Doric order separating the frieze from the architrave
2: tapeworm
3: an ancient Greek fillet
4. [NL, fr. L, fillet, band]: a band of nervous tissue or muscle