||Tæ`ni*oi"de*a (?), n. pl. (Zoöl.) The division of cestode worms which
||comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm.
||
||Tæ*ni"o*la (?), n.; pl. Tæniolæ (#). [L., dim. of taenia a ribbon.]
||(Zoöl.) One of the radial partitions which separate the internal
||cavities of certain medusæ.
||
||Tæ`ni*o*so"mi (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; ribbon + &?; body.]
||(Zoöl.) An order of fishes remarkable for their long and compressed
||form. The ribbon fishes are examples. See Ribbon fish, under Ribbon.
||
Taf"fer*er (?), n. (Naut.) See Taffrail.
{ Taf"fe*ta (?), Taf"fe*ty (?), } n. [F. taffetas, It. taffetà, from
Per. tftah, originally, twisted, woven, from tftan to twist, to spin.]
A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy luster called
watering. The term has also been applied to different kinds of silk
goods, from the 16th century to modern times.
Lined with taffeta and with sendal.
Chaucer.
Taff"rail (?), n. [D. tafereel a panel, picture, fr. tafel table, fr.
L. tabula. See Table.] (Naut.) The upper part of a ship's stern, which
is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved
work; the rail around a ship's stern. [Written also tafferel.]
Taf"fy (?), n. [Prov. E. taffy toffy.] 1. A kind of candy made of
molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.
[Written also, in England, toffy.]