filaria

名词 filaria:

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
   同义词：redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, clocks, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium
2. slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects

fi.lar.i.a

n.（名词）
【复数】 fi.lar.i.ae[-ô-ô.]
Any of various slender, threadlike nematode worms of the superfamily Filarioidea that are parasitic in vertebrates and are often transmitted as larvae by mosquitos and other biting insects. The adult form lives in the blood and lymphatic tissues, causing inflammation and obstruction that can lead to elephantiasis.
丝虫：丝虫科一种细长丝状蠕虫，寄生在脊椎动物体内并通常被蚊子和其它咬人昆虫以幼虫的方式传播。成虫寄生在血液或淋巴组织中，导致可以引发象皮病的肿痛发炎和障碍物

来源：
New Latin Fol3ria [former genus name]
现代拉丁语 Fol3ria [以前的属名]
from Latin folum [thread] * see g who-
源自 拉丁语 folum [线] *参见 g who-

【引伸】
filar.ial