名詞 filaria:

1. 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
   同義詞：redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, clocks, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium
2. slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects

fi.lar.i.a

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 fi.lar.i.ae[-ô-ô.]
Any of various slender, threadlike nematode worms of the superfamily Filarioidea that are parasitic in vertebrates and are often transmitted as larvae by mosquitos and other biting insects. The adult form lives in the blood and lymphatic tissues, causing inflammation and obstruction that can lead to elephantiasis.
絲蟲：絲蟲科一種細(xì)長(zhǎng)絲狀蠕蟲，寄生在脊椎動(dòng)物體內(nèi)并通常被蚊子和其它咬人昆蟲以幼蟲的方式傳播。成蟲寄生在血液或淋巴組織中，導(dǎo)致可以引發(fā)象皮病的腫痛發(fā)炎和障礙物

來(lái)源：
New Latin Fol3ria [former genus name]
現(xiàn)代拉丁語(yǔ) Fol3ria [以前的屬名]
from Latin folum [thread] * see g who-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) folum [線] *參見(jiàn) g who-

【引伸】
filar.ial