filaria
See also: filaría
English
editEtymology
edit19th century, from translingual Filaria (name of type genus), from Latin filum (“thread”).
Noun
editfilaria (plural filariae or filarias)
- 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.
Hypernyms
edit- (Filarioidea): roundworm
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editVerb
editfilaria
Indonesian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfilaria
- filaria (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)
Italian
editNoun
editfilaria f (plural filarie)
Derived terms
editPortuguese
editVerb
editfilaria
Spanish
editNoun
editfilaria f (plural filarias)
- filaria
Adjective
editfilaria f
Further reading
edit- “filaria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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