filaria

n. 丝虫 [医] 丝虫

发音

UK /fɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/
US /fəˈlɛɹi.ə/

词形变化

filariae 复数 filariae filarias filarias 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

clocks alfilaria alfileria filaree pin grass

上位词 4

heron's-bill nematode roundworm storksbill

词源

19th century, from translingual Filaria (name of type genus), from Latin filum (“thread”).

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