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