filaria

• 名词，指一种细长如丝的寄生性线虫（丝虫科），寄生于脊椎动物的血液和组织中，通过昆虫叮咬传播；也可指一种欧洲杂草（芹叶牻牛儿苗，Erodium cicutarium），叶细裂如蕨，花带红色，常作饲料栽培。

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.

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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.

   丝虫

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

   同义词filariid

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.

   欧洲杂草

   • 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.

   同义词alfilariaalfileriafilaree