Filariae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Filaria \Fi*la"ri*a\, n.; pl. {filariae}. [NL., fr. L. filum a
     thread.] (Zool.)
     a small, slender nematode worm of the family {Onchocercidae}
     ({Filariidae}) of many species, parasitic when adult in
     various animals, including man. They may live within the
     blood, or in other bodily fluids, or within tissues or


     cavities of the body. Infection with such organisms may be
     transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]