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filaria |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Filaria \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: filaria n 1: 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 pinlike fruits that stick straight up often grown for forage [syn: {redstem storksbill}, {alfilaria}, {alfileria}, {filaree}, {clocks}, {pin grass}, {pin clover}, {Erodium cicutarium}] 2: slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
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