• (n. pl.) 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.
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Fil'an·ders noun plural [ French
filandres , from Latin
filum thread.]
(Falconry) 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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