資料來源 : pyDict
絲狀蟲,絲蟲屬
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Filaria \Fi*la"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. filum a thread.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic
in various animals. See {Guinea worm}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
filaria
n 1: 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 [syn: {redstem storksbill}, {alfilaria},
{alfileria}, {filaree}, {clocks}, {pin grass}, {pin
clover}, {Erodium cicutarium}]
2: slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and
tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting
insects
[also: {filariiae} (pl)]