Etymology

taenidium

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Today it means: The chitinous fibre forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects Full definition →

Latin taenia
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  1. Latin · derived fromtaenia“ribbon”
  2. English todaytaenidium

From Latin taenia (“ribbon”) + -idium.

Words from the same roots

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