filander
English
Etymology 1
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Noun
filander (plural filanders)
- (archaic) A small intestinal worm.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- obstinate disease of the filander or back-worm
Etymology 2
Altered spelling of philander.
Noun
filander (plural filanders)
References
- “filander”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.