тения

Bulgarian

Говежда тения
Рибна тения

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin taenia (tape), called so due to the oblong shape of the worm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛnijə]

Noun

те́ния (ténija) f (related adjective те́ниев)

  1. tapeworm, taenia (parasitic flatworm of family Taeniidae)
  2. (by generalization) cestode (any flatworm of class Cestoda)
    Synonym: ле́нтъчен че́рвей (léntǎčen čérvej)
  3. (by extension) disease caused by infection with tapeworms

Declension

Hyponyms

References

  • тения in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • тения in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
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