Filaria

(noun) 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. Synonyms: redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium.

(noun) slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects. Synonyms: filaria.