Defn: The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.] Tadpole fish. (Zoöl.) See
Forkbeard (a).
TAEDIUM
Tæ"di*um, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: See Tedium.
TAEL
Tael, n. Etym: [Malay ta, a certain weight, probably fr. Hind. tola,
Skr. tula a balance, weight, tul to weigh.]
Defn: A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third. [Written also tale.]
TAEN; TA'EN
Taen, or Ta'en,
Defn: p. p. of Ta, to take, or a contraction of Taken. [Poetic &
Scot.] Burns.
TAENIA
Tæ"ni*a, n.; pl. Tæniæ. Etym: [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.