filarian.
/fᵻˈlɛːrɪə/, U.S. /fəˈlɛriə/ A parasitic nematode worm belonging to the genus Filaria or to genera closely related to it. Also attributive.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > genus Filaria > member of
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [adjective] > relating to class Nematoda > of or relating to superfamily Filarioidea > of or relating to family Filariidae > of or relating to genus Filaria > of member of
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1831 H. McMurtrie tr. P. A. Latreille in G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom IV. 350 The Filariæ in their external appearance are very similar to the Gordii.
1883 P. Manson Filaria Sanguinis Hominis 51 Filarial periodicity is an adaptation of the habits of the filaria to those of the mosquito.
1897 Daily News 8 Feb. 6/2 From its decaying body the filaria larvæ escape into the water.
1922 Nature 23 Mar. 379/1 The filarias and their allies, which live in the connective tissues.
1924 C. Mackenzie Old Men of Sea vii. 101 If he could have injected filariæ into Biscoe and induced elephantiasis he would have done so.
1934 T. W. M. Cameron Internal Parasites Domest. Animals i. 11 Filaria larvae, found in the blood of man at night, were actually abstracted from this closed circuit by a blood-sucking insect.
1956 T. W. M. Cameron Parasites & Parasitism 260 Mosquitoes carrying filariae are widespread.
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