filaria

• Substantivo que designa tanto uma planta invasora europeia (Erodium cicutarium) de folhas pequenas e semelhantes a samambaias e flores avermelhadas, frequentemente cultivada como forragem, quanto um verme nematódeo parasita fino e filamentoso (família Filariidae) que vive no sangue e nos tecidos de vertebrados e é transmitido pela picada de insetos.

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.

   Nematódeo parasita

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

   Sinônimosfilariid

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.

   erva-de-bico-de-cegonha

   • 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.

   Sinônimosalfilariaalfileriafilaree