Filanders
Pronunciation : Fil"an*ders
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. filandres, fr. L. filum thread.] (Falconry)
Definition : Defn: A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm. Sir T. Browne.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913