Meaning of filaria

fi•lar•i•a

Pronunciation: (fi-lâr'ē-u), [key]

— pl. -lar•i•ae

any small, threadlike roundworm of the family Filariidae and related families, carried as a larva by mosquitoes and parasitic when adult in the blood or tissues of vertebrates.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

See also:

filaria (Thesaurus)

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