filanders

== English == === Etymology === French filandres, from Latin filum (“thread”). === Noun === filanders (uncountable) (falconry, obsolete) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small thread-like worms and of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein. ==== Synonyms ==== backworm === References === “filanders”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Friesland, firelands