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filaria
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun filaria has 2 senses
- filaria(n = noun.plant) alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, erodium cicutarium, filaree, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill - European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage; Array is a kind of heron's bill, storksbill
- filaria(n = noun.animal) Array - slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects; Array is a kind of nematode, nematode worm, roundworm
is a member of family filariidae, filariidae
Derived form adjective filarial1
CIDE DICTIONARY
filaria, n. [NL., fr. L. filum a thread.].
a small, slender nematode worm of the family Onchocercidae (Filariidae ) of many species, parasitic when adult in various animals, including man. They may live within the blood, or in other bodily fluids, or within tissues or cavities of the body. Infection with such organisms may be transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods. [1913 Webster]
filaria, n. [NL., fr. L. filum a thread.].
a former genus comprised of certain nematodes, now classed as belonging to several genera within the family Onchocercidae . See Onchocerca and Guinea worm. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
filaria, n. (pl. filariae) any threadlike parasitic nematode worm of the family Filariidae introduced into the blood by certain biting flies and mosquitoes.
Derivative
filarial adj.
Etymology
mod.L f. L filum thread
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