Term: filaria: slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: telephone unit: a unit of measurement for telephone use → 0
Candidate hypernym: hawkweed: any of various plants of the genus Pilosella → 0
Candidate hypernym: anomalistic month: period between successive perigees; approximately 27.5546 days → 0
Candidate hypernym: perpetrator: someone who perpetrates wrongdoing → 0
Candidate hypernym: berberis: large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds → 0
Candidate hypernym: broadcast: a radio or television show → 0
Candidate hypernym: manpad: a man-portable surface-to-air missile → 0
Candidate hypernym: speechlessness: the property of being speechless → 0
Candidate hypernym: idealism: (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality → 0
Candidate hypernym: semimonthly: a periodical that is published twice each month (or 24 issues per year) → 0