"filaria" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: filariae [plural], filarias [plural]
Etymology: 19th century, from translingual Filaria (name of type genus), from Latin filum (“thread”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Filaria}} translingual Filaria, {{der|en|la|filum||thread}} Latin filum (“thread”) Head templates: {{en-noun|filariae|s}} filaria (plural filariae or filarias)
  1. Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis. Wikipedia link: filaria Categories (lifeform): Nematodes, Parasites Hypernyms (Filarioidea): roundworm Derived forms: filarial, filariasis, filaricide, macrofilaria, microfilaria Translations (worm): filaria [feminine] (Italian)

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