Filaria

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  • noun. Any of various slender, threadlike nematode worms of the superfamily Filarioidea that are parasitic in vertebrates and are often transmitted as larvae by mosquitoes and other biting insects. The adult form lives in the blood and lymphatic tissues, causing inflammation and obstruction that can lead to elephantiasis.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The typical genus of the family Filariidæ, containing parasitic nematode worms of very slender filiform shape, some attaining a length of several feet.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. a small, slender nematode worm of the family Onchocercidae (Filariidae) of many species, parasitic when adult in various animals, including man. They may live within the blood, or in other bodily fluids, or within tissues or cavities of the body. Infection with such organisms may be transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods.
  • noun. a former genus comprised of certain nematodes, now classed as belonging to several genera within the family Onchocercidae. See onchocerca and guinea worm.
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  • noun. A parasitic nematode worm that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis.
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  • noun. 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
  • noun. slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
    • Word Usage
    "D. filaria, the large lungworm of sheep and goats, may occasionally be present and be a cause of a clinical pneumonia."
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    heron's bill  nematode  nematode worm  roundworm  storksbill  
    variant
    filariiae  guinea worm  onchocerca  
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