combining form of Gr. ταινία ribbon, used in the formation of some zoological terms. Tæniobranchiate a. [Gr. βράγχια gills + -ATE2], having tæniate gills; pertaining to the Tæniobranchia, a division of ascidians. Tænioglossate a. [Gr. γλῶσσα tongue], in Mollusca, having upon the lingual ribbon one median tooth between three admedian teeth on either side. Tæniopterine a. [Gr. πτερόν wing + -INE1], belonging to the Tæniopterinæ, a sub-family of tyrant-birds. Tæniosome [Gr. σῶμα body], one of the sub-order Tæniosomi of teleocephalous fishes; a ribbon-fish; so Tæniosomous a., having a ribbon-like body; pertaining to the ribbon-fishes.
1891. Cent. Dict., *Tæniobranchiate.
1883. E. R. Lankester, in Encycl. Brit., XVI. 660/2. The Pneumonochlamyda … have … a complex rhipidoglossate or *taenioglossate radula.
