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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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. obsolete, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

backwormbackworm

Etymology

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

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