What is "filariiae"

1. n. 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 [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

3. [also: filariiae (pl)]

See filaria