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Filaria

Filaria Meaning & Definition
Filaria Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Filaria?

[n] slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
[n] 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 | Synonyms for Filaria: alfilaria | alfileria | clocks | Erodium cicutarium | filaree | pin clover | pin grass | redstem storksbill

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See Also | family Filariidae | Filariidae | heron's bill | nematode | nematode worm | roundworm | storksbill

Filaria In Webster's Dictionary

\Fi*la"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. filum a thread.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See {Guinea worm}.

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