Definitions of filaria
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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
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synonyms:
Erodium cicutarium, alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, filaree, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill
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type of:
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heron's bill, storksbill
any of various plants of the genus Erodium
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heron's bill, storksbill
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slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
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type of:
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nematode, nematode worm, roundworm
unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
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nematode, nematode worm, roundworm
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