filaria

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/fɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/
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/fɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/ · /fəˈlɛɹi.ə/

Definition of filaria

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.

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Etymology

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

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