filaria

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 112709664)
    is a type of: heron's bill, storksbill - any of various plants of the genus Erodium
    same as: alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, erodium cicutarium, filaree, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill
  2. Slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates;
    Transmitted as larvae by biting insects (synset 101936119)
    is a type of: nematode, nematode worm, roundworm - unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
    belongs to: family filariidae, filariidae - threadlike roundworms

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