Definition of FILARIA

filaria

Plural: filariae, filarias

Noun

  • 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
  • slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
  • 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.
  • pl. -IAE a parasitic worm FILARIAL, FILARIAN adj

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, Erodium cicutarium, filaree, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill

Scrabble Score: 10

filaria: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
filaria: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
filaria: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

filaria is a valid Words With Friends word