filaria

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See also: filaría

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Verb[edit]

filaria

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of filar

Indonesian[edit]

Noun[edit]

filaria (first-person possessive filariaku, second-person possessive filariamu, third-person possessive filarianya)

  1. filaria

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

filaria f (plural filarie)

  1. filaria

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Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

filaria

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of filar

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

filaria f (plural filarias)

  1. filaria

Adjective[edit]

filaria f

  1. feminine singular of filario

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