#filaria  slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
  supertype:  nematode_worm__nematode__roundworm  unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
  member of:  family_Filariidae__Filariidae  threadlike roundworms
     member of:  phylum_Nematoda__Nematoda__Aschelminthes__phylum_Aschelminthes  unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms
        member of:  kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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