filanders

filanders

English

Etymology

French filandres, from Latin filum (“thread”).

Noun

filanders (uncountable)

  1. (falconry, obsolete) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small thread-like worms (probably Capillaria)[1], and of filaments of coagulated blood, stemming from the rupture of a vein[2].

Synonyms

References

  • “filanders”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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  2. ^ “filanders”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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