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A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm.

Straight, as if in a line; as, the filarial flight of birds.

The presence of filariæ in the blood; infection with filariæ.

The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.

One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarinæ.

Same as Alfilaria.

The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis).

Certain species of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, etc.

, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle (Strongylus micrurus) and that of sheep (S. filaria) are the best known.

sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore. -- Pin grass. (Bot.) See Alfilaria. -- Pin hole, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small aperture or perforation. -- Pin lock, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers. -- Pin mon…

needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria. -- Sea pink. See Thrift.

Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.