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filander

filander noun: a small intestinal worm.

Noun (1)

filander (plural filanders)

  1. (archaic) A small intestinal worm.
    • obstinate disease of the filander or back-worm1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Noun (2)

filander (plural filanders)

  1. (obsolete) A pademelon (Thylogale spp.).

Forms of filander

pluralfilanders

Origin of filander

Altered spelling of philander.

Questions about filander

What does filander mean?
Filander means a small intestinal worm.
What part of speech is filander?
Filander is a noun.
What is the plural of filander?
The plural of filander is filanders.

Words near filander in the dictionary

  1. filaminast
  2. filaminopathies
  3. filaminopathy
  4. filamins
  5. Filan
  6. filander
  7. filanders
  8. Filans
  9. filao
  10. filaos
  11. filapodium

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