filariidae

English Thesaurus

1. threadlike roundworms (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	worm family,
definition	:	a family of worms (noun.animal)

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

member meronym	:	aschelminthes, nematoda, phylum aschelminthes, phylum nematoda,
definition	:	unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms (noun.animal)