filaria

• اسم يشير إلى نبات عشبي بري من جنس الدرنة (Erodium cicutarium) ذي أوراق ريشية مقسمة وأزهار وردية أو بنفسجية، يُزرع غالبًا كعلف، أو إلى دودة أسطوانية خيطية رفيعة طفيلية من فصيلة الفيلاريات تعيش في الدم والأنسجة لدى الفقاريات وتنتقل عن طريق لدغ الحشرات.

A noun referring to either a European weed (Erodium cicutarium) with small fernlike leaves and reddish flowers, often grown for forage, or to a slender threadlike parasitic roundworm (family Filariidae) that lives in the blood and tissues of vertebrates and is transmitted by biting insects.

جمع شاذ

1. Parasitic roundwormC2formalscientific

   A slender, threadlike roundworm of the superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood and tissues of vertebrates, transmitted as larvae by biting insects.

   دودة خيطية طفيلية

   • The filaria worm is transmitted to humans through mosquito bites.
   • Veterinarians treat dogs for filaria infections.
   • Filaria can cause serious diseases like elephantiasis.

   المرادفاتfilariid

2. C2formalamericanscientific

   A 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.

   عشبة الفيلاريا

   • Filaria grows abundantly in the dry soils of the Southwest.
   • Farmers sometimes plant filaria as forage for livestock.
   • The reddish stems of filaria are easy to spot in the field.

   المرادفاتalfilariaalfileriafilaree