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FILARIA
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Irregular inflected form: filariiae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("filaria" is a kind of...):
nematode; nematode worm; roundworm (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)
Holonyms ("filaria" is a member of...):
family Filariidae; Filariidae (threadlike roundworms)
Derivation:
filarial (related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
alfilaria; alfileria; clocks; Erodium cicutarium; filaree; filaria; pin clover; pin grass; redstem storksbill
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("filaria" is a kind of...):
heron's bill; storksbill (any of various plants of the genus Erodium)
