filaria

• Sustantivo que designa o bien una hierba europea (Erodium cicutarium) de hojas pequeñas parecidas a helechos y flores rojizas, a menudo cultivada como forraje, o bien un gusano redondo parásito delgado y filamentoso (familia Filariidae) que vive en la sangre y los tejidos de vertebrados y se transmite por la picadura de insectos.

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.

plural irregular

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.

   Gusano filaria

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

   Sinónimosfilariid

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.

   alfilerillo

   • 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.

   Sinónimosalfilariaalfileriafilaree