filanders

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

filanders

Etymology

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

Synonyms

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