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filariform

filariform adjective: resembling filaria or nematode worms.

Adjective

filariform (comparative more filariform, superlative most filariform)

  1. Resembling filaria or nematode worms.

Forms of filariform

comparativemore filariform
superlativemost filariform

Origin of filariform

From filaria + -iform.

Questions about filariform

What does filariform mean?
Filariform means resembling filaria or nematode worms.
What part of speech is filariform?
Filariform is an adjective.

Words near filariform in the dictionary

  1. filaricidal
  2. filaricide
  3. filaricides
  4. filarid
  5. filarids
  6. filariform
  7. filariid
  8. filariids
  9. filarioid
  10. filarioids
  11. filariosis

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