filander

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

filander (plural filanders)

1. (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)

1. (obsolete) A pademelon (Thylogale spp.).

References

• “filander”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Fireland, fireland