Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun filaria

2 senses of filaria

Sense 1
redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium -- (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)
       => storksbill, heron's bill -- (any of various plants of the genus Erodium)

Sense 2
filaria -- (slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects)
       => nematode, nematode worm, roundworm -- (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)

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