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1. (n.) filaria
any small threadlike roundworm of the superfamily Filarioidea, carried by mosquitoes and parasitic when adult in the blood or tissues of vertebrates.
Etymology: (< NL: a genus (1787) = L fīl(um) thread +-āria -aria)
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1. (noun) redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium
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
2. (noun) filaria
slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
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1. (noun) Filaria
a genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm
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