filaria

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

redstem storksbill

pin grass

pin clover

Erodium cicutarium

Translations

Filaria

bec-de-grue à feuilles de ciguë

Erodium cicutarium

becco di gru comune

cicutaria

filària

Erodium cicutarium

Etymology

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

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