filaria
See also: filaría
English edit
Etymology edit
19th century, from translingual Filaria (name of type genus), from Latin filum (“thread”).
Noun edit
filaria (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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Derived terms
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Catalan edit
Verb edit
filaria
Indonesian edit
Noun edit
filaria (first-person possessive filariaku, second-person possessive filariamu, third-person possessive filarianya)
Italian edit
Noun edit
filaria f (plural filarie)
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Portuguese edit
Verb edit
filaria
Spanish edit
Noun edit
filaria f (plural filarias)
- filaria
Adjective edit
filaria f
Further reading edit
- “filaria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014