illustration by Carl Rohrbach and Albert Kretschmer
or a strip above a line of columns.
The taenia (you can only see it as a shadow) is between the groups of little triangular thingies.
So now: tell me what a taeniacide does, if you're so clever.
Word To Use Today: taenia. This word comes from Latin from the Greek tainia, a narrow strip, related to teinein, to stretch.
And a taeniacide?
It kills tapeworms.
You can see the connection, but did you guess?
I didn't!
The taenia (you can only see it as a shadow) is between the groups of little triangular thingies.
So now: tell me what a taeniacide does, if you're so clever.
Word To Use Today: taenia. This word comes from Latin from the Greek tainia, a narrow strip, related to teinein, to stretch.
And a taeniacide?
It kills tapeworms.
You can see the connection, but did you guess?
I didn't!
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