filaria
See also: filaría
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
19th century, from translingual Filaria (name of type genus), from Latin filum (“thread”).
Noun
filaria (plural filariae or filarias)
- Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that live in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis.
Hypernyms
- (Filarioidea): roundworm
Derived terms
Derived terms
- filarial
- filariasis
- filaricide
- macrofilaria
- microfilaria
Translations
worm
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Catalan
Verb
filaria
- third-person singular conditional form of filar
- first-person singular conditional form of filar
Italian
Noun
filaria f (plural filarie)
- filaria
Derived terms
- filariosi, filariasi
Spanish
Noun
filaria f (plural filarias)
- filaria
Adjective
filaria f
- feminine singular of filario
Further reading
- “filaria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014