filaria

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Sinonieme

redstem storksbill

pin grass

clocks

alfilaria

alfileria

filaree

pin clover

Erodium cicutarium

heartworm

Vertalings

filaria

Filaria

bec-de-grue à feuilles de ciguë

Erodium cicutarium

becco di gru comune

cicutaria

filària

Erodium cicutarium

Etimologie (Engels)

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