filaria
UK/fɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/US/fəˈlɛɹi.ə/
filaria noun: 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.
Noun
filaria (plural filariae or filarias)
- 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.
filaria meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
filaria in Tamil
- ஃபைலேரியா, உச்ரேரியா பேன்கிராப்ட ஒட்டுண்ணி நோய், நிணநீர்மண்டல இழை ஒட்டுண்ணி
filaria in Indonesian
- worm
- filaria
Forms of filaria
| plural | filariae |
|---|---|
| plural | filarias |
Origin of filaria
19th century, from translingual Filaria (name of type genus), from Latin filum (“thread”).
Words formed from filaria
Words that rhyme with filaria
- area
- Carpentaria
- Hilaria
- Hungaria
- laminaria
- malaria
- rosaria
- sanguinaria
- sigillaria
- -aria
- adularia
- alfilaria
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Anastenaria
- angaria
- antimalaria
- aquaria
- araucaria
- armillaria
- auricularia
- balistraria
- baria
- Bavaria
- Bedeque and Area
- bipinnaria
- brachiaria
- brachiolaria
- Bulgaria
- Caffraria
- calceolaria
- calvaria
- Caria
- carinaria
- cephalaria
- cercaria
- churrascaria
- cnidaria
- congiaria
- convallaria
- crotalaria
- cusparia
- dataria
- dirofilaria
- fritillaria
- globularia
- hypobaria
- Icaria
- Kaffraria
- lacunaria
- laquearia
- ligularia
- linaria
- Lot 11 and Area
- macrofilaria
- mammillaria
- matricaria
- metacercaria
- microfilaria
- miliaria
- militaria
- nonmalaria
Questions about filaria
- What does filaria mean?
- Filaria means 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.
- What is filaria in Tamil?
- Filaria in Tamil is ஃபைலேரியா, உச்ரேரியா பேன்கிராப்ட ஒட்டுண்ணி நோய், நிணநீர்மண்டல இழை ஒட்டுண்ணி. See Filaria meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is filaria?
- Filaria is a noun.
- How do you pronounce filaria?
- Filaria is pronounced /fɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of filaria?
- The plural of filaria is filariae.
Words near filaria in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: filaria (page history and authors); filaria (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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