Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FIL'AN-DERS
FIL'AN-DERS, n. [Fr. filandres, from filum, a thread.]
A disease in hawks, consisting of filaments of coagulated blood; also, small worms wrapt in a thin skin or net, near the reins of a hawk. Encyc.
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