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Filaria

noun
(pl. filariae)
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 fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage.  Synonyms: alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill.
2.
Slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects.



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Words linked to "Filaria" :   family Filariidae, nematode, alfileria, filarial, heron's bill, nematode worm, storksbill, roundworm, Filariidae



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