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filanders

filanders noun: a disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small thread-like worms (probably Capillaria), and of filaments of coagulated blood, stemming from the rupture of a vein.

Noun

filanders (uncountable)

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

Synonyms of filanders

Origin of filanders

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

Questions about filanders

What does filanders mean?
Filanders means a disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small thread-like worms (probably Capillaria), and of filaments of coagulated blood, stemming from the rupture of a vein.
What part of speech is filanders?
Filanders is a noun.

Words near filanders in the dictionary

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

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