filaria

filaria has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm.
• n.. slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
• n.. European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage