filaria

See also: filária and filaría

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

19th century, from translingual Filaria (name of type genus), from Latin filum (thread).

Pronunciation

Noun

filaria (plural filariae or filarias)

  1. 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.

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Translations

Catalan

Verb

filaria

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of filar

Indonesian

Etymology

From English filaria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.laˈri.a/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: fi‧la‧ri‧a

Noun

filaria

  1. 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)

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Italian

Noun

filaria f (plural filarie)

  1. filaria

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Portuguese

Verb

filaria

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of filar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈlaɾja/ [fiˈla.ɾja]
  • Rhymes: -aɾja
  • Syllabification: fi‧la‧ria

Noun

filaria f (plural filarias)

  1. filaria

Adjective

filaria f

  1. feminine singular of filario

Further reading