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Definition of Filander
1. n. A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea.
Definition of Filander
1. Noun. (archaic) A pademelon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Filander
1. a worm which causes disease in hawks [n -S]
Medical Definition of Filander
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Filander
Literary usage of Filander
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplement to the Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and by John Ogilvie (1855)
"... filander FILTERING Prince Albert, and the Duke of Wellington. Field-marshals
have no pay as such, but they retain their pay as full generals, ..."
2. A Natural History of the Mammalia by George Robert Waterhouse (1846)
"Several specimens of the filander were seen, in a state of captivity, ... 7 6
The filander, like the Tree-Kangaroos, has the fur radiating from a point ..."
3. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"(thread-like body; fiber) 'fila-mant. filander я. wallaby, ... compare philander.
filander n. membrane scraped from gut in making catgut falso spelt ..."
4. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ... (1800)
"There is another fort of filander, which lies in the gut or pannel, being long,
Imall, white and red ..."
5. A Dictionary of Sports, Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the by Harry Harewood (1835)
"BACK-WORM, or filander. A disease incident to hawks. ... There is another sort
of filander, which lies in the gut or pannel, being long, small, white, ..."
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