filaria

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See also: filaría

English

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Etymology

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

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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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)

Italian

Noun

filaria f (plural filarie)

  1. filaria

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Portuguese

Verb

filaria

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of filar

Spanish

Noun

filaria f (plural filarias)

  1. filaria

Adjective

filaria f

  1. feminine singular of filario

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