filaria

n 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 pinlike fruits that stick straight

up; often grown for forage [syn: {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