NOUN | plant | filaria, redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, clocks, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium | 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 |
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animal | filaria | slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonyms | redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, clocks, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium | |
Broader | storksbill, heron's bill | Any of various plants of the genus Erodium |
Spanish | alfilaria, alfileria, redstem storksbill | |
Catalan | alfilaria, alfileria, redstem storksbill |
Meaning | slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects. | |
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Member of | Filariidae, family Filariidae | threadlike roundworms |
Broader | nematode, nematode worm, roundworm | unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends |
Spanish | filaria | |
Catalan | filària | |
Adjectives | filarial | related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria |
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