n pl :  a large superfamily of nematodes of the order Spirurida that comprises the medically important filarial worms and related forms having a slender thready body, a simple anterior end with the oral lips inconspicuous, a cylindrical esophagus lacking a bulbus, and often unequal and dissimilar copulatory spicules in the male fi*lar*i*oid adj 
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:   filariid  flor·id  flu·o·ride  val·er·ate 
 
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